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Kadokawa Connected Inc announced that the activities of its Smart City Lab will start in April 2020.

Smart City Lab was established in November 2019 as a research organization within the company.

The company will begin full-scale activities to build services to enrich people’s lives with data-driven systems and to advance productivity in the coming Smart City age.

It plans to work with leading companies in various industries as business partners, including devices and networks, IoT, artificial intelligence, Cloud, big data, analytics, and consulting, to further advance research into related technologies.

The company also said it will distribute research presentations via Niconico live broadcasts on March 27. The presentation is held online, and from the results of previous studies, examples of incorporating the results into operations of KADOKAWA group are introduced.

The company plans to continue providing services aimed at realizing Smart City through technical exchanges between business partners, architects, consultants, and engineers.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/27/kadokawa-connected/