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TAIPEI, Nov. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Taiwan and Japan take technological exchanges a step further

Geopolitical tensions in the Asia-Pacific region have triggered a crisis in

global supply chains. Taiwan and Japan have recently expanded their

collaborative efforts and exchanges in the technology field. Both markets share

the characteristics of interdependence and complementarity. Thus, the two

regions have close partnerships, especially in foresight technology and

economic and trade cooperation. With flourishing governmental and civil

exchanges, Taiwan-Japan collaborations continue to thrive.

Sunrisemedium, a Taiwanese digital media outlet, and Startup Island TAIWAN, a

public sector start-up brand, organized the ESG Opportunity Matchmaking and

Exchange Forum for Taiwan-Japan in November of this year, to which they invited

9 major technology start-ups from Taiwan and Japan to discuss the opportunities

for cooperation between the two regions in the ESG field. The forum focused on

joint efforts to enter the ASEAN market with solutions and collaborative

approaches in three dimensions: digital transformation, environmental

sustainability and intelligent infrastructure. The participating technology

start-ups from Japan include QUANDO, zeroboard and VACAN. Taiwan's

participating companies include Wishing-Soft, Sustaihub, Dawoko, Canopy Impact

Investment, Blutech and TMY Technology.

Representatives from Taiwan and Japan reached consensus on three important

topics that are key in accelerating regional integration and achieving the goal

of carbon neutrality by 2050:

1. The relationship between Taiwan and Japan evolves from trusted partners to a

regional ESG technology alliance: Jointly capturing the Asia-Pacific market

requires one to two years of resource coordination and planning, and needs to

drive a collective supply chain upgrade for ASEAN members

2. Taiwanese and Japanese companies jointly promote ESG with altruism as the

core: Companies in the two regions serve as models for and drivers of the

digital infrastructure and circular economy ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific

region. One assists others to maximize their business value.

3. Taiwan and Japan accelerate the sharing of their experience in the

application of AI in both regions: Taiwan and Japan have similar population

aging processes, lifestyles and educational systems. As such, this dramatically

shortens the journey of AI machine learning.

With the synergy of assistance, complementarity and reciprocity, Taiwan and

Japan have initiated 9 key paths to industrial transformation. The 9 key paths

include heavy industry, manufacturing, energy, construction, transportation,

information and communications, low-orbiting satellites, agriculture, livestock

and life services. The forum focused on three key themes in line with the ESG

paths:

1. Digital transformation overcomes human limitations and successfully drives

business decisions:

QUANDO's remote collaboration platform accelerates the transformation of aging

industrial facilities;

Wishing-Soft's SaaS dramatically reduces ESH (Environmental, Safety and Health)

risks; and

Sustaihub's AI technologies optimize ESG decisions.

2. Carbon reduction, the circular economy and local entrepreneurship nurture

environmentally sustainable supply chains:

zeroboard's cloud services for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions help

companies decarbonize;

Dawoko's forestry circular economy connects 30 companies to help create a new

model for living responsibly; and

Canopy Impact Investment's integration platform empowers new ventures in

agriculture and food to expand the impact of their ESG paths.

3. Smart infrastructure facilitates digital governance in public and private

sectors:

VACAN's AI-based platform, which detects space that is not being used such as

empty seats in restaurants and empty spaces in parking lots, maximizes space

utilization and can be repurposed to meet emergency relief needs;

Blutech's wireless sensing technology overcomes limitations of field management

such as physical wiring; and

TMYTEK uses 5G and satellite communication technologies to build the data

transmission and communications foundation for a smart city.

Taiwan-Japan exchanges and cooperation are just around the corner. The two

goals for 2023 are:

1. Leverage Taiwan's strength in executing proofs of concept (PoCs):

Collaborating on the plans for the Japanese supply chain market, and

establishing a presence in the Asia-Pacific, European and American markets

2. Connect Taiwan's and Japan's supply chain data: Sharing the digital build of

software and hardware to reverse the renewable energy deficit in the

Asia-Pacific region

Japan, as a leader in the circular economy, is the first G7 country to consider

ESG when making decisions concerning investment in foreign exchange reserves in

2021. In addition, Japan has put in place policies on digital governance and

boosted the transformation of local traditional industries. All the efforts

eventually make the society be prepared to enter the aging society with AI

applications. These policies and their applications will influence digital

development across all ASEAN countries. Taiwan, as the invisible driver of the

global technology supply chain, will continue to support the R&D and

applications of Japanese partners. Furthermore, Taiwan is also developing

flexible international co-creation models. Taiwanese innovation teams are able

to empower Japanese counterparts to deliver more comprehensive and sustainable

services to ASEAN members. Resource integration will be the focus of

Taiwan-Japan exchanges in 2023. Sunrisemedium and Startup Island TAIWAN will

match the ESG resources of more Taiwanese and Japanese companies and create

cross-country clustering benefits in Asia-Pacific supply chains.

For more information, please visit Sunrisemedium's website at

https://sunrisemedium.com/press/233/esg-exchange-forum-for-taiwan-japan-innovation-community

Press Contact

SUNRISEMEDIUM, Han Lin, hanlin@sunrisemedium.com

SUNRISEMEDIUM, Sean Lee, seanlee@sunrisemedium.com

SOURCE: SUNRISEMEDIUM

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