Announced details
Housing, health support, collection and analysis of health and lifestyle data, and monitoring of sleep, diet, exercise and psychological status
Future Style Institute of Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate and JDSC will jointly serve as the project secretariat, handling pilot project planning, design, operations and AI analysis. The companies will provide equipment, applications and data, while university professors and others will support the pilot design and the development of evidence.
JDSC Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, and is represented by Kato Erutesu Satoshi (加藤エルテス聡志) and Sato Asuka (佐藤飛鳥). It is a technology company focused on AI agents and data science. Kondo Katsunori (近藤克則) is a specially appointed professor at Chiba University’s Center for Preventive Medical Sciences and director of the Research Department at the Institute for Health Economics and Policy, Association for Health Economics Research and Social Insurance and Welfare. Koshizuka Noboru (越塚登) is a professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo. Details of the other counterparties are not disclosed.
Rental housing operated and managed by Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate (specific location not disclosed)
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
Future Style Institute, “Survey Report on Condominium Preferences and Lifestyles of Single Men and Women”; Future Style Institute, “Survey Report on Well-Being Among Single-Person Households”; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Next-Generation Housing Project 2026 (Round 1)”
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Next-generation wellness housing “SumuWell”, Refrigerator with AI camera, Toirepo toilet sensing device, Bed sensor, Smart mirror, Room sensor, Calomil meal-tracking app, Fluid intake measurement device |
| Counterparty | Japan Data Science Consortium Co.Ltd., Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Housing Solutions Corporation, Panasonic Marketing Japan Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Butlr Technologies Inc., ライフログテクノロジー株式会社, Zojirushi Corporation, Kondo Katsunori (近藤克則), Koshizuka Noboru (越塚登), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Counterparty overview | JDSC Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, and is represented by Kato Erutesu Satoshi (加藤エルテス聡志) and Sato Asuka (佐藤飛鳥). It is a technology company focused on AI agents and data science. Kondo Katsunori (近藤克則) is a specially appointed professor at Chiba University’s Center for Preventive Medical Sciences and director of the Research Department at the Institute for Health Economics and Policy, Association for Health Economics Research and Social Insurance and Welfare. Koshizuka Noboru (越塚登) is a professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo. Details of the other counterparties are not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | Future Style Institute of Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate and JDSC will jointly serve as the project secretariat, handling pilot project planning, design, operations and AI analysis. The companies will provide equipment, applications and data, while university professors and others will support the pilot design and the development of evidence. |
| Launch date | October 2026 (scheduled; start of pilot project) |
| Applicable area | Housing, health support, collection and analysis of health and lifestyle data, and monitoring of sleep, diet, exercise and psychological status |
| Location | Rental housing operated and managed by Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate (specific location not disclosed) |
| Location scale | 5 participating households; approximately six months |
| Source | Future Style Institute, “Survey Report on Condominium Preferences and Lifestyles of Single Men and Women”; Future Style Institute, “Survey Report on Well-Being Among Single-Person Households”; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Next-Generation Housing Project 2026 (Round 1)” |
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The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To assess the potential for continuously collecting and analyzing health and lifestyle data and providing personalized health support based on the home. The companies are targeting commercialization in 2030.