Media Releases (FY 2007)

List of releases to media reporting on MTI as published in articles or journals in FY 2007

Article by Naotaka Ishizawa, Tsuyoshi Kurosaka, Yoshio Kito, Kinya Nishimaki, Ryohei Sato, and Atsuhisa Nakagomi

Quarterly, Butsuryu Joho, Spring 2008

“Examining Cases of RFID Utilization and Future Application to Real Logistics Worksites.”

Article from the Ubiquitous Location Identifier Forum by Naotaka Ishizawa and Takashi Okamoto

Annual, TRONSHOW, December 2007

“Verification of the sophistication and efficiency of logistics services that have adopted the newly developed spatial-position-information system that uses ucodes.”

Interview with Naotaka Ishizawa

Monthly, MATERIAL FLOW, No. 573, December 2007

“Our proposal for RFID application in international logistics has been accelerated: The MTI testing facility is now ready for full operation.”

Interview with Yutaka Yasunaga

Daily, Kaiji Press , December 6, 2007

“An Active Approach with RFID Technology and Energy-Conservation Technology as a Frontrunner of Technological Development.”

Transcript of Keynote Lecture by Yasuo Tanaka

uarterly, Haku, Autumn 2007 (marine equipment industry)

“Logistics Solutions by Using IC Tags, and Examples of Their Application to Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Industries.”

Interview with Naotaka Ishizawa

Monthly, MATERIAL FLOW, No. 570, September 2007, feature on reforms in logistics and distribution accelerated by automatic ID technologies

“Ways to Share Information between International Supply Chain Players Who Meet Each Other Only Once by Chance.”

Article by Naotaka Ishizawa, Tsuyoshi Kurosaka, Yoshio Kito, and Kinya Nishimaki

Monthly, Kowan, Vol. 84, August 2007, feature on the cybernation of international logistics

“Activities in Standardization, Testing, etc. of IC Tags.”

Interview with Naotaka Ishizawa

Monthly, Kokudo Kotsu, No. 79, July 2007, feature on how ICT changes our lives

Panel discussion on “Ubiquitous Information Infrastructure and Innovation in Land, Infrastructure and Transport” (with Professor Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo as coordinator).