QUNIE CORPORATION

Tokyo, Japan – June 20, 2023 – The Japanese consultancy firm, QUNIE (NTT DATA Group; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Shigeki Yamaguchi; company referred to as QUNIE), was commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) to conduct a Demonstration Experiment to Realize a Smart City Using ICT in Romania. This experiment will be conducted in the city of Cluj-Napoca. Details of this research and demonstration were announced at the Romanian-Japanese Innovation Forum (in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) held on June 19 and 20, 2023.

This commissioned work is part of the ICT Solutions initiative, which is one of the priority areas to be strengthened in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Global Promotion Action Plan 2025 formulated by the Ministry in July 2022.

In cooperation with the City of Cluj-Napoca, the project will develop and verify the effectiveness of the ClujID, a self-authenticating digital certificate application that combines encryption technology, AI, distributed ledger technology including blockchain, and biometric authentication technology to ensure security.