IntaSectStarted providing emergency disaster prevention information to visitors to Japan in partnership with Anniversary Concierge’s “Digi-cho Disaster Prevention Line”.
IntaSect Communications, Inc.(Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Tan Yufeng; hereafter IntaSect), which provides overseas promotion and inbound support for China, Taiwan, and other countries, has entered into a business alliance agreement on October 17 with Anniversary Concierge Corporation (Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture; President: Motoyuki Fukushima), which plans, develops and operates the town development platform “Digital Town 1-chome (commonly called “Digi-cho”). (Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture / President: Motoyuki Fukushima), which plans, develops, and operates the town development platform “Digital Town 1-Chome (a.k.a. Digimachi),” and will start providing disaster prevention information services for tourists visiting Japan.
According to the Japan Tourism Agency’s Lodging Travel Statistics Survey, the number of foreign overnight stays in August 2024 totaled 12.81 million overnight stays, a 20.9% increase over the same month last year, and the number of foreign visitors continues to be strong.
On the other hand, there have been reports of overtourism and other negative events regarding the manners of visitors to Japan in some areas. Furthermore, in recent years, disasters such as earthquakes, heavy rains, and typhoons have occurred in many parts of Japan, including tourist areas. In order to create a sustainable tourist region, we believe that it is important for all tourists, including visitors to Japan, to be able to visit the region with peace of mind, and for the region to be able to accept them with peace of mind as well.
According to the “Survey of Chinese Visitors to Japan on Safety and Security,” conducted in October of this year, Chinese visitors to Japan, regardless of whether or not they have visited Japan before, have the impression that disasters are becoming more frequent in Japan.
In the event of a disaster during a visit to Japan, the most common method of gathering information was “websites such as the Japan National Tourism Organization” (60.23%), but official routes such as “smartphone apps” (52.08%) and “TV” (37.1%), and official routes such as “SNS (RED)” (51.91%) and “SNS ( WEIBO)” (49.75%), which are widely used in China.
Therefore, we would like to establish a system to provide information on emergency preparedness to more communities through “Digi-cho Disaster Prevention LINE,” a service of Anniversary Concierge that provides necessary disaster prevention functions such as evacuation site search, evacuation route guidance, and safety information to local governments, companies, schools, event organizers, and individual users nationwide via the official LINE account. We would like to build a system that can provide information to not only Japanese tourists but also visitors to Japan in the event of an emergency.
About the Digi-cho Disaster Prevention Line:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000009.000138339.html■ Details of the Business Alliance
Currently, the “Digi-cho Disaster Prevention LINE” service is only available in Japan (LINE), but with this business alliance, the following initiatives will be launched
- IntaSectProvided to municipalities with which the
- Expand services for foreign visitors to Japan (Wechat mini-program for mainland China and Html5 for other markets are assumed)
- Considering introducing the service not only to local governments and DMOs (tourism regional development corporations), but also to private companies such as tourist facilities and large-scale commercial facilities
As a result of this business alliance, our representative, Mr. Tan, will become an outside director of Anniversary Concierge.
Survey Summary]
Survey method: Internet survey
Survey target: Chinese people aged 20 and over living in 10 cities in China (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Chongqing)
Survey period: October 6 to October 8, 2024
Detailed content including other questions from the “Chinese visitors to Japan” survey, which was conducted in China and cited in this release, will be released separately in late October. The details of the survey, including the other questions in the “Survey on the Safety and Security of Chinese Visitors to Japan,” will be released separately by the end of October.
■Company Profile
Company Name : IntaSect Communications, Inc.
Representative : Tan Yufeng, President
Location : B・M Bldg. 2F, 3-1 Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan
Established : November 2000
Business Activities : Overseas promotion and inbound (visitor attraction) support, mainly for mainland China and Taiwan,
Cross-border EC for China, AffiliateOperation agency, Affiliatesite patrol ,
System development, etc.
Capital ：98.56 million yen
URL ：https://www.intasect.com/
An overseas promotion and system development company established in 2000, primarily in Japan and in China and Taiwan, with a wide range of business activities as follows IntaPay, a QR payment solution for both Japan and overseas, as well as SI services and ERP business. For Japan, Affiliateadvertising operations and site patrol, POS-linked CRM analysis and BI tools, BPM, electronic contracts, unmanned AI stores, and mobile ordering “eateat”. For overseas, measures to attract visitors to Japan, promotion of traveler circulation, Baiduadvertising and SNS, overseas digital advertising including influencers in Japan and overseas, WeChat mini-program development, and overseas sales channel expansion. In the area of production, we are also developing a wide range of businesses using DX technology in Japan and overseas, including multilingual web/video/poster/explanatory POP production, the “Passton” tool for correction, sharing, and instruction, and live distribution. As of 2024, the group has more than 10 offices in Japan and mainland China, with a total of approximately 1,000 employees.
Company name: Anniversary Concierge K.K.
Representative: Motoyuki Fukushima, President
Location: [Kochi Head Office] 2-11 Nakata-cho, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture 781-8007
Business description: Planning, development and operation of “Digi-cho,” a co-creation platform supporting social business. Connecting people and towns together digitally (LINE) to make life more enjoyable and convenient.
The details of the Chinese local survey cited in this release, including other questions in the “Survey on Chinese Visitors to Japan’s Perceptions of Safety and Security,” will be released separately by the end of October.
About Digi-cho: https://digital-town.jp/