Announcing the Japan Data Space Alliance (JDSA): A New Collaboration Accelerating Data Space Advancement

The Data Society Alliance (DSA, Representative Director: Noriaki Okui), the Digital Policy Forum Japan (DPFJ, Representative Director: Yasuhiko Taniwaki), the Japan Digital Trust Forum (JDTF, Chairman: Koichi Akaishi), and the Robot Revolution and Industrial IoT Initiative (RRI, Chairman: Toshiaki Higashihara) have agreed today to use “Japan Data Space Alliance (JDSA)” as the collective name for their collaborative activities. This agreement clarifies their cooperative framework to strongly promote the social implementation of data spaces and international collaboration in Japan.

1. Background and Purpose of Collaboration
Globally, expectations are rising for data spaces that enable safe and fair data sharing and utilization across industries and sectors, aiming to realize a data-driven society.
Our four organizations have each been working to build and promote the adoption of data spaces from our respective areas of expertise. We have a track record of collaborative activities, including jointly proposing the establishment of the Japan Digital Ecosystem Partnership (JDEP).
This collaboration aims to further deepen and develop our existing cooperative relationship. By pooling our diverse expertise and networks—spanning policy, social implementation, trust technologies, and industrial applications—we will establish a more powerful and unified promotion framework under the name “Japan Data Space Alliance (JDSA),” based on a unified concept and vision.

2. Main Activities as JDSA
The four organizations will lead Japan’s data space initiatives domestically and internationally through the following activities:
• Contributing to policy proposals and rule formation concerning data spaces
• Supporting the creation of cross-sector use cases and sharing best practices
• Strengthening collaboration with leading international data space initiatives and ensuring global interoperability
• Promoting the establishment of trust foundations essential for the societal implementation of data spaces
• Promotion and awareness activities (holding seminars, workshops, etc.)

3. Future Outlook
We, the four organizations, aim to realize a data space that contributes to strengthening Japan’s industrial competitiveness and solving societal challenges, with this collaboration as our first step. Moving forward, we will promote the development of an all-Japan ecosystem, with an eye toward collaboration with many companies and organizations that support our activities.

■Contact for Inquiries Regarding This Matter
Digital Society Promotion Association Secretariat
https://en.data-society-alliance.org/
Digital Policy Forum Japan Secretariat
support@digitalpolicyforum.jp
Japan Digital Trust Forum Secretariat
https://jdtf.or.jp/en/about/profile/
Robot Revolution and Industrial IoT Initiative Secretariat
https://www.jmfrri.gr.jp/

■Overview of Each Organization
DSA (General Incorporated Association Data Society Alliance)
Established in April 2021. Aims to realize a prosperous society (data society) through fair and free cross-sector data circulation and utilization, achieved through industry-government-academia collaboration. Seeks to contribute domestically and globally by providing collaborative services (DATA-EX) to realize the data society.
DPFJ (Digital Policy Forum Japan)
Established in September 2021. A deliberative platform focused on digital policy. It forms a community where diverse experts loosely collaborate across industry, academia, and government boundaries, conducting robust discussions on digital policy and making timely policy proposals.
JDTF (General Incorporated Association Japan Digital Trust Forum)
Established in February 2022. Focused on realizing Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT), it works on the societal implementation of digital trust from a user perspective (primarily private companies), including establishing Trust as a Service (TaaS) infrastructure, identifying challenges, and making proposals to the government and other entities.
RRI (Robot Revolution and Industrial IoT Initiative)
Established in May 2015. Founded under private-sector leadership to advance the “Robot Revolution (including manufacturing and Industrial IoT)” outlined in the “New Robotics Strategy” (decided by the Headquarters for Economic Revitalization on February 10, 2015). It operates as an open innovation platform enabling broad stakeholder collaboration and concrete action.