Asian language support and one-stop e-discovery

「For e-discovery support, we provide one-stop assistance in Japan and South Korea with the process of disclosing electronic evidence required for international litigation and regulatory responses, from data identification and preservation through processing, document review and preparation of production data.」

「In addition to rising demand for the use of AI, the winning of large global projects resulted in strong sales from projects using KIBIT Automator, at levels exceeding expectations.」

「We aim eventually to achieve a processing speed of 1,000 documents per hour using the tool. During the fiscal year, we achieved 430 documents per hour, compared with approximately 60 documents per hour when reviews are conducted by humans alone.」

「We have been promoting proposals for document review using KIBIT Automator, an AI review tool released in March 2019, by quickly responding to these changes in the market environment. During the third quarter, we won a large domestic project using the product.」

「In U.S. proof-of-concept trials, it was confirmed that review speeds were more than twice as fast as with existing review tools, on a company-to-company comparison basis. Collaboration with major law firms is also accelerating.」

「As a result, there have been cases in which AI-only review determined that more than half of the documents, all of which would previously have required review, did not need human review. Reviewers only needed to check the remaining documents to maintain quality equivalent to that achieved under the previous approach, demonstrating a certain level of results.」

「During the fiscal year, we released KIBIT Automator in March 2019, a tool using the artificial intelligence system KIBIT to reduce the time required for document review, the most labor-intensive stage of e-discovery, to half the previous level.」

「As a key technology initiative for the fiscal year, we began developing the second generation of our proprietary tool, LiV, to dramatically improve the efficiency of e-discovery work in support of medium- to long-term growth. Development is progressing smoothly toward a release during the next fiscal year.」

「The group focused on establishing a cross-border sales structure to win projects from Asian companies, leveraging the Asian-language analysis capabilities of our proprietary e-discovery support system, Lit i View (also written as LiV), the efficiency achieved through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and our ability to provide one-stop support throughout the entire process.」

「In addition, with the aim of dramatically improving the efficiency of e-discovery work to support medium- to long-term growth, we began developing the second generation of our proprietary tool, LiV, drawing on expertise accumulated through our AI solutions business.」

「Making full use of our proprietary e-discovery support system, Lit i View, with Asian-language analysis capabilities, efficiency through the use of artificial intelligence technology, and the ability to provide one-stop support throughout the entire process as competitive strengths」

「Against this backdrop, we are making the restructuring of our US business our top priority, fully leveraging our proprietary e-discovery support system, Lit i View, together with our strength in Asian-language analysis, the efficiency enabled by artificial intelligence technology, and our ability to provide one-stop support throughout the entire process.」

「We are making full use of our proprietary e-discovery support system, Lit i View, and focusing on winning large projects from Asian companies by accelerating cross-border sales between our Asian bases in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and the United States during the fiscal year, drawing on our Asian-language capabilities, the efficiency achieved through the use of artificial intelligence technology, and our ability to provide one-stop support throughout the entire process.」

「We will continue working to expand our market share in the U.S. e-discovery industry, leveraging our sales capabilities and proprietary technology supporting Asian languages as strengths.」

「Our sales capabilities and proprietary technology supporting Asian languages will provide a foundation for further expanding market share in the U.S. e-discovery industry.」

「We developed our own discovery software, Lit i View, supporting Asian languages (Japanese, Chinese and Korean), and have provided one-stop solutions, using advanced technology and expertise, for the analysis and processing of electronic information and documents in litigation.」