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SUMMARY

  FORUM8 is developing almost all the main software and advanced research development software by itself, and that is promoting the free and flexible software development. In addition to the technologies of software development, the integration with new hardware is also the company's strength, and these technologies are highly evaluated recently.
Besides, features of FORUM8 include realization of the efficient and smooth promotion of business by using IT technologies, and marketing practice including overseas seminars via the TV conference system and Web seminars which IT is utilized.

 Company Profile
Name FORUM8 Co., Ltd.

Representative 
Corporate
Executive
Officer
Yuji Ito (President and CEO)

Location of the
head office
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-6021
TEL : +81-3-6894-1888  FAX : +81-3-6894-3888

Location of the
branch office
Miyazaki Branch Office 2-1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki City 889-2155
TEL : +81-985-58-1888 FAX : +81-985-55-3027
Osaka Branch Office 35F, OAP Tower, 1-8-30 Temmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-6035
TEL : +81-6-6882-2888  FAX : +81-6-6882-2889
Sapporo Office 18F JR Tower Office Plaza Sapporo, Kita 5-jo Nishi 2-5, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0005
TEL : +81-11-806-1888  FAX : +81-11-806-1889
Sendai Office 6F Sendai Trust Tower, 1-9-1 Ichiban-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai city, Miyagi 980-0811
TEL : +81-22-208-5588  FAX : +81-22-208-5590
Kanazawa Office 10F Rifare Building, 1-5-2 Honmachi, Kanazawa city, Ishikawa 920-0853
TEL : +81-76-254-1888  FAX : +81-76-255-3888
Nagoya Showroom 36F JR Central Towers, 1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya city, Aichi, 450-6036
TEL : +81-52-688-6888  FAX : +81-52-688-7888
Fukuoka Business Office 6F 2nd Hakata Kaisei Building, 1-10-4 Hakataeki Minami, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City 812-0016
TEL : +81-92-289-1880  FAX : +81-92-289-1885
Supercomputer Cloud
Kobe Laboratry
  2F Computing Research Center Laboratry 1, 7-1-28 Minatojimaminami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0047
TEL : +81-78-304-4885  FAX : +81-78-304-4884
Supercomputer Cloud
Kobe Factory
1F Kobe KIMEC Center Building (KIMEC), 1-5-2 Minatojimaminami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0047
TEL : +81-78-306-2088 FAX : +81-78-306-2088
Iwate Office   2-8 Takizawa IPU 2nd Innovation Center, 152-409 Sugo, Takizawa city, Iwate
TEL / FAX: +81-19-694-1888
Okinawa Office   301 Naha IT Creation Center, 2-3-6 Mekaru, Naha city, Okinawa
TEL: +81-98-951-1888 FAX: +81-98-951-1889

Subsidiaries
FORUM8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
23/E, NO. 855 World Plaza Pudong South Road , Pudong New Area Shanghai. China
TEL : +86-21-68599898  FAX : +86-21-68599897
Qingdao FORUM8 Software Technology Co., Ltd.

B2-1-1, 13F, Building B, International Innovation Park, 169 Chung Ling Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao Shandong.
TEL : +86-532-66729637  FAX : +86-532-66729639
        -66729638
Taiwan FORUM8 Software
Technology Co., Ltd.

4F, No.3, Yuancyu St., Nangang District, TaipeiCIty115, Taiwan(R.O.C.) 11505
TEL : +886-2-2655-8375  FAX : +886-2-2655-8325
FORUM8 Vietnam
Limited Liability Company


5th floor, TID Building, No 4 Lieu Giai street, Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi City
TEL:+84-(43)-244-4058
FORUM8 YANGON   221 Sule Pagoda,Kyauktada Township, Yangon.

Website http://www.forum8.co.jp/english/
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Transition of business results since
the 2nd term and result of the 32nd term


Since the current management team started in the 18th term, sales recorded positive growth for 7 consecutive periods and the best in the 28th with the increase of 53%. We reported a loss in the post-quake period, but sales increased over the next 4 terms by 9%, 29%, and 53%. This term we achieved the sales increase by 29%, the best sales at JPY4,2 billion and current profit at JPY0.868 billion.

e-mail forum8@forum8.co.jp

Established May 1987

Capital 50,000,000 yen

Business Activities Developing and marketing of civil engineering design support software
  1. Personal computer software package development and marketing
  2. Personal computer hardware accessories development and marketing
  3. Computation solutions and services
  4. Built-to-order software and services development
  5. Design and analysis services
  6. Integrated leasing and rental services
  7. Industrial grade machineries, and robotics development, design, production, and marketing
  8. Power supply and power retailing
  9. General worker dispatch business
  10. Posses, lend, and manage estate
  11. Business related to data center and cloud service
  12. All other services or solutions related to the above

Annual Sales Sales: 4,225,000,000 yen.  Current profit: 868,000,000 yen.
(As of the 32nd period, September 2018. Year-on-year earnings growth)

Number of Employees 243 (October 1, 2018)

Main Bank Creditors The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
The Japan Finance Corporation
The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.
Mizuho Bank., Ltd.
Resona Bank, Limited.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation


  ●
29th Ficscal Year  Financial Report (12.24.2015) Direct Link  (Japanese)
  ● FORUM 8 Corporate Social Responsibility Contributions (Last update: 3.30.2015) (Japanese)
  ● Compliance Activity Report (Last update: 3.23.2015)
  ●
Acquistion of Hokuto Systems Inc. (PDF, 180KB) (5.1.2014) Direct Link  (Japanese)
  ● Web News Introductory Report  CG-ARTS Association, Educational Report, Company Presentation (10.11.2012)
Interview with 9 Prominent Companies on Talent Cultivation - What is expected of the Japanese education system? (Japanese)
FORUM 8 Co, Ltd. ~Supporting Social Infrastructure Construction through Civil and Architecture Software~
  ● New Corporate Logo Design Announced (6.12.2007) (Japanese)
  ● ICCI2004 Conference Presentation and Essay 1st International Construction IT Conference (8.15-17.2004) (Japanese)
  ● Greetings from New CEO (Yuji Ito, Chief Executive Officer of FORUM 8) (11.1.2003) (Japanese)
   ● Company History Download

■Up&Coming User Introduction (as of October 2018)
The Number of
Registered Users
 20,418
 (as of December, 2018)
Company / Organization
Toyo-Giken Consulting Civil Engineerings Inc.
Meiwa Sky Support Co., Ltd.
Denso Electronic Control Conponent department
Mitsui Consultants Co., Ltd.
Pioneer Corporation Kawagoe Plant
Shimizu Corporation
Denso IT Laboratory
Shinshu Co., Ltd
Central Consultant Inc.
 First Road R&D Group
 Second Bridge R&D and Waterworks Group
Hagiwara Electric Co., Ltd.
Takenaka Civil Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Obayashi Corporation, Civil Engineering Division
Sanyu Civil Engineering Corporation (SCEC)
ENGINEERING Operations Division
IDEA Consultants, Inc.
METRO planning consultant
VR data of TOKAI-KANJO EXPRESSWAY
J-FORCE
Techno Plan Co., Ltd.
Katahira & Engineers Inc.
KOIDE Survey Design Office Inc.
Tamano Consultants Co., Ltd.
Hirohara Consultants Co., Ltd.
Kozo Giken Co., Ltd.
Daiichigiken Co., Ltd.
Giken Consultants Ltd.
Ogihara Sekkei Jimusho Co., Ltd.
Chuken Center Co., Ltd.
Ace Sekkei Co., Ltd. 
Sanken Techno Co., Ltd.
Kawatetu Engineering Co., Ltd.
Taiwa Sekkei Co., Ltd.
FLOVEL CO., LTD.
PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.
KITAKEN Consul.Inc
Zivil Investigation Design Ltd.
Kokudo Kaihatsu Center Co., Ltd.
Okinawa Structural Design, Inc.
Chuo-kensetsu Consultant Co., Ltd.
Applied Technology CO., LTD.

Koriyama Sokuryo Sekkei (survey design) Co., Ltd.
Techno Tohoku Corporation
SSEpro
Kikuchi-Giken Consultant Co., Ltd.
Crown Consultant Group
Taisei Engineering Co., Ltd.
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corporation
Nippon Koei Co.,LTD.
Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited
NEWJEC Inc.
Nishitetsu C.E.Consultant Co., Ltd.
Daiichi Fukken Co., Ltd.
Docon Co., Ltd.
JR-Central Consultants Company.
Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited
Kouzou Sekkei Co., Ltd.
DPS Bridge Works Co.,Ltd.
Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd.
San Doboku Consultant Co., Ltd.
Kyowa Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd.
KOKUDO engineering consultants Co., Ltd.
JR East Consultants Company 
Kyokuto Corporation 
Fukken Co., Ltd.
ASAHI Construction Consultant Co., Ltd .
Eight Consultants Co., Ltd. 
Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Fukken Gijyutu Consultant
Fuji Sekkei Co., Ltd.
Sizuoka Consultant Co., Ltd. 
Nikko Technical Center Co., Ltd.
Central Consultant Inc.
Tokyu Construction
Chuden Engineering Consultants
Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
Toko Engineering Consultants, Co., Ltd.
Showa Co., Ltd.
Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
TAISEI Corporation
University / School
Human Factors and Aging Lab., Nagoya University
Acoustic Systems Laboratory, Chuo University
Geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Kansai University
Keio University
Bunkyo University
Shibaura Institute of Technology
Tohoku University
 New Industry Creation Hatchery Center
 Graduate School of Engineering
College of Science & Technology, Nihon University
School of Information Science and Technology, Aichi Prefectural University
Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University
Mechanical Engineering Course, Saitama Institute of Technology
College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
School of Environmental Design, Kyoto University Graduate School
University of the Ryukyus
Tokushima University Graduate School
Fukui National College of Technology
Graduate School of University of Tsukuba
Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Higashi High School
Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo City University
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University
Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University 
Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University 
Daido Institute of Technology
Faculty of Engineering, Utsunomiya University
Kinki University Technical College
Kyushu Surveying College

Public Office / Local Government
Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
Shikoku Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
Central Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
Bureau of Ports and Harbours,
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Hokkaido Federation of LandImprovement Association

Laboratory / Manufacturer / Financial foundation
Rehabilitation Center, Iwakura Hospital
Isuzu Plaza, Isuzu Motors Limited
Nippon Koki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
The 1st Electronic Engineering Dept., AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd.
Kobe Enterprise Promotion Bureau, Kobe City Government
Alpine Electronics, Inc.
Vehicle Information and Communication System Center
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. 
Toyota Motor Corporation
National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims' Aid
Highway Industry Development Organization
Japan Construction Method and Machinery Research Institute
Road Management Technology Center
Mie Prefectural Center of Constructional Technology
Kagoshima Construction Technology Center
Overseas
Chulalongkorn University
China Classification Society
Pukyong National University
Macquarie University
University of Seoul
Institute of Smart City, Shanghai University
State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation
ISBIM Limited
Thailand Government corporation of housing
TECCO2
Swee Hong Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd.
Shanghai Municipal & Traffic Design Institute
Tianjin University

Tongji University, Shanghai.
Shanghai Urban Construction Design & Research Institute
Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
Seoul National University
Korea Institute of Construction Technology
Korea Rural Community & Agriculture Corporation
University of Greenwich
BMIA
Robert Gordon University
Sunderland University
Omnitrance International BV
Ourston Roundabout Engineering, Inc.
Thiess Pty Ltd (Australia)
Excerpt from User Introduction in Up&Coming
 
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 Company History

Before the company's establishment 1983 Released if800/UC-1, a system for civil architecture design
1984 Released if800/UC-1 model 50 system
1985 Developed civil engineering programs such as retaining wall,
1986 System customization of RC section calculation limited statement design program

1987 FORUM 8 was established (President Tadaharu Wada, with 16 employees).
Establishment celebration at Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku

1988 Relocated Tokyo Head Office to Kagurazaka, Shinjuku
Established the Civil Forum

1989 Company trip to Guam. Established the Miyazaki branch and Osaka business office
Announced UC-CAD at the Civil Forum Fair in Osaka

1990 Established the Fukuoka business office.
The number of registered users exceeded 2,000 companies.

1991 The first issue of the company jounal Up&Coming was published.

1992 Civil Forum Fair in Fukuoka (4-5 March)
Held 5th anniversary event and campaign
Many users visited the private seminar of UC-1/UC-CAD at 16 cities.

Announcement of UC-1 series in 1981


Celebration of the establishment of the company
at KEIO PLAZA HOTEL, Tokyo, in 1987  

1993 The number of registered users exceeded 4,000 companies.
Change in the in-house personnel evaluation, applied assessment of performance and annual salary.

1995 The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred.
Commemorative project for the 8th anniversary of the establishment of the firm (with 100 employees).

1996 The number of registered users exceeded 6,000 companies.
Established a subsidiary "FORUM8(NEWZEALAND)LIMITED" in New Zealand
Opened the FORUM 8 website

1997 Innovation of in-house operating system. Transferred to the Windows version business processing system

1998 The number of registered users exceeded 7,000 companies.
Released UC-win/RC, the first product that utilized 3D technology

1999 Opened the Internet Version Upgrade Center / Held "FORUM8 Exhibition'99" /
Published the 1st Products Guide

2000 Released UC-win/Road
Released UC-1 calculation-CAD integrated series
The 1st UC-win/Road Conference

2001 Started VR support service
Started paid seminars
Acquired ISO9001-2000 realizing paper-less conditions in all 7 offices in Japan

2002 Relocated Tokyo Head Office to 15F Nakameguro GT Tower.
Delivered UC-win/Road to MAG Road Center and first time to Korea.
UC-win/Road was chosen for the Software Product of the Year 2002 award in the "Social Life and Public category".
Hosted the 1st 3D VR Simulation Contest.
Released UC-win/FRAME(3D), the 3-dimensional FEM analysis software.

2003 Commemoration project for the 2nd 8th anniversary of the establishment of the firm
President Tadaharu Wada stepped aside. President and CEO Yuji Ito took office.
The number of registered users exceeded 10,000 companies.

2004 Started UC-win/FRAME (3D) analysis support service

2005 Restructured the whole company and NZ office.
Opened Nagoya office. Held the 3rd UC-win/FRAME(3D) Conference.

2006 Operating income recovered thanks to the sales growth in three consecutive years.
Exhibited at ITS London to propose UC-win/Road to automobile field.
Published a UC-win/Road introduction book.
Entered into an exclusive distributor agreement in Japan and China with Professor Galea, FSEG, Greenwich University

2007 Enhanced employee welfare benefits: defined contribution pension system, company trip subsidies, qualification/commutation/business trip allowance
Began to publish Up&Coming every other month. The 69th issue was published.
Established a joint venture "FORUM8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd." in China.
Acquired businesses of Multiframe, Maxsurf, and xpswmm from Decision Japan.
Introduced video conference system / Started Web seminars
The 1st International VR Symposium was held. 9 people from 8 universities around the world and an official of Transport Research Laboratory delivered lectures.
The 6th 3D VR Contest was held in Tokyo Conference Center. Judge's prize was awarded for the first time.

2008 FORUM8 certified "VR Engineer Test" started.
Internal audit (short review) by audit corporation
VR summer workshop at Arizona State University
Recorded 124,000,000 yen for profit due to the sales growth in 5 consecutive years
The 2nd International VR Symposium. Harvard University and Osaka University received Academy Encouragement Award

2009 "Toyota Motor Corporation" was introduced on the user introduction corner in the 77th Up&Coming.
Engineer's Studio® Ver.1.00 has been released.
UC-win/FRAME(3D) support team won the Fiber category of Pre-experiment analysis contest.

2010 FORUM8's VR cloud development was certified to specified research development plan of Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The 88th Up&Coming with the special topic of users in China
FORUM8 Design Festival 2010-3Days was held as the business of 3rd 8th anniversary of the company establishment.
Recorded the 7 consecutive years sales increase

2011 Open Tokyo suboffice, Super computer cloud Kobe Laboratry and Sendai office.
Selected as "Certified company for IT management" by Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Calculation method of evacuation time via a evacuation analysis software EXODUS approved by Tokyo Fire Department
Engineer's Studio® won the excellent award for "The 23rd Awards of excellent new technology and products for small and medium enterprise".
FORUM8 won an award for "Information processing systems for their contribution to today's information-rich society" in 2011.
FORUM8 Design Festival 2011-3Days was held.
Won "International tunnel award" with Virtual Reality Tunner Operator System which was co-developed by BMIA.

2012 All CAD products support 2012 specifications for Highway Bridges. New product seminars were held. 
Obtained the "Privacy Mark" Certification. (Privacy Policy adopted since 2005)
Obtained Registered Surveyor License from Kanto-Region Maintenance Office, Ministry of Transportation.
Hosted FORUM8 Design Festival 2012-3Days / The 2nd Virtual Design World Cup
Obtained BCMS ISO22301 Certification 

2013 Relocated Tokyo Head Office to Shinagawa Intercity. Launched Sapporo and Kanazawa offices.
Released UC-1 Engineer's Suite.
"The 1st Students Cloud Programming World Cup" started.
Engineer's Studio® received "Crisis Management Design Award" by the Public Network Foundation
Obtained 3 patents related to VR-Cloud® (Driving simulation, data streaming system, cloud management system)

2014 Open Qingdao FORUM8 Software Technology Co., Ltd.
Acquisition of Hoct System. FEMLEEG was added to the FEM analysis series.
Obtained access rights to Supercomputer K for commercial uses. 
Patent approved for virtual space information processing systems
Chosen as the Next-Generation Infrastructure Inspection Robot Systems by MLIT
International VR Symposium and the 5th Summer Workshop were held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The 1st "Junior Software Seminar" for elementally and junior high school students was held.
Launched Taiwan FORUM8 Software Technology Co., Ltd. (FORUM8 TAIPEI).
Released UC-1 Engineer's Suite Addition.

2015 Nagoya Showroom opened and Nagoya office was relocated to 36F JR Central Towers.
Released 3DCAD Studio®.
Opening of Online Simple Self-Assessment Support commissioned by Workshop for Sustainable Community
Press release at Taiwan for the 5th VDWC, with Special Guest Mayor of Keelung and Taiwan CISA Director.
Simulation software programs that allow driving simulation through mobile devices.
Acquired all of CRAVA Inc. stocks, a 3D contents production studio.
Formed business alliance with Hokuto Bank, FIDEA Information Systems, and Nihon Technos
UC-win/Road was reported in some media.
Received Top 100 Aggressive IT SME of Japan Award.

2016 Became a member of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Industrial Liason Program (MIT ILP).
BBC reported the World's First 4K Five-Screen 3D Stereoscopic Driving Simulator (in NIC of Nagoya Univ.).
Started to provide "Green coverage calculation service" in the self-assessment support website.
Achieved the goal of "Improvement project of correspondance to infection"
Notice of Transition to FORUM8 Subscription Service. New Software Licencing Policy started on April 1, 2016.
Business partnership with Arcbazar. "Project VR", the fusion of Online Simple Self-Assesment Service and VR-Cloud®
The 10th FORUM8 Design Festival2016-3Days+Eve. Officials from 3 ministries delivered lectures at "Autonomous Driving Conference"
Acquired First System business, embedded system development. Boost software development in the IoT era.

2017 Showcased Road and DS at "CeBIT2017" (Hannover, Germany), the world biggest IT trade show
The 30th anniversary of establishment special lecture and celebration
Showcased at Japan Pavilion of "INNOPROM2017", the largest trade show in Russia
Established a new company "FORUM8 Okinawa Co., Ltd."
Being certified as a "Grade 2 Eruboshi" company based on the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
Products corresponding to the new Specifications for Highway Bridges
The 11th FORUM8 Design Festival2017-3Days

Organizational Structure (as of April 2016)
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Patents Registered and Approved
Registered Patent Name Patent No.
Simulation system Patent No. 6077686
(1.20.2017)
Algorithm to predict user input intentions on a mobile devices and relecting this onto driving simulation. Patent No. 5718992
(3.27.2015)
Simulation software programs that allow driving simulation through mobile devices. Patent No. 5711312
(3.13.2015)
Virtual space information processing system, server systems of related systems,
software programs that can be executed on related server systems, virtual space processing methods
Patent No. 5462326
(1.24.2014)
Management system, management servers, cloud system, and related software Patent No. 5395862
(10.25.2013)
Data streaming system, data streaming hardware, data streaming method Patent No. 5367687
(9.20.1013)
Driving simulaiton device, server device, and related programs Patent No. 5149426
(12.7.2012)

Co-applied patents
Registered Patent Name Patent No.
Hardware that is able to extract data from a certain specific location. Patent No. 5546419
(5.23.2014)
Methods for identifying differences between similar documents Patent No. 4682284
(2.18.2011)

Patents pending approval
Registered Patent Name Registration Number
3D space information processing system, 3D space information processing device,
3D space information processing server, 3D space information proceesing device program,
3D space information processing server program, 3D space information proecessing method
2011-133352
Information sharing system, server devices of related system
Software and sharing methods of related server system
2012-163499

Co-applied patents pending approval
Registered Patent Name Registration Number
3D shape measuring device, 3D shape measuring method and program 2016-35732

Certified Engineers (As of December 2018)
Employee Qualifications Number
Professional Engineer  Civil Engineering 4
Information Technology 1
Engineering Management 1
Doctorate Engineering 6
Associate Professional Engineer Construction 6
Information
technology
Certified Engineer   Software Development Engineer
(including Applied Software Engineer and Level I Engineer)
15
Technical Engineer, Database 1
Technical Engineer, Network 1
Basic Software Engineer (including Level II Engineer) 39
Information Security Management Examination 1
IT Passport (former System Administrator) 25
CG Engineer Expert 5
Registered Civil Engineering Consulting Manager 2
Construction Managing Engineers Level I Engineer 2
Level II Engineer 3
Information System Traders Training Program 2
 Health Supervisor  Level II Supervisor 2

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Certifications, Licenses, and Awards
Registered Surveyor (3.19.2012)
Officially approved as a Resitered Surveyor by the Kanto-Region Maintenance Office, Ministry of Transport on March 15, 2012.
FORUM 8 Surveying Solution
Date Registered March 15, 2012
Registration No. No. (1)-33522


Privacy Mark Certificate (3.13.2012)
On February 28, 2012, FORUM8 has been recognized for meeting the the "Privacy Mark" standards, by the Privacy Mark Inspection Commitee, Computer Society Association of Japan for meeting operational standards in protecting private information. FORUM8 was approved of the Privacy Mark certificate by the Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC).
Date Certified February 28, 2012
Registration No. 22000116
Industry Informtion Services, Surveyor (82)

Details of Pricay Mark http://privacymark.jp/
Computer Software Associastion of Japan (CSAJ) http://www.csaj.jp/
Japan Information Processing Development Center (JIPDEC) http://www.jipdec.or.jp/

Certified Service Provider of BCP Planning (6.17.2011)
FORUM8 has been chosen as a  Phase 1 Certified Service Provider of BCP Planning on June 1, 2011, by the Tokyo City BCP Planning Support Service >> Tokyo City BCP Planning Support Service (Japanese)
This certification allow FORUM8 to start BCP (business continuity plan) planning services to ensure minimal diruption for normal operation and fast recovery after unexpectable major incidents, such as natural disasters.

2011 Good Adiministration Award for IT SME (3.1.2011)
FORUM8 was chosen and awarded the "2011 Good Administration Award for IT SME" (hosted by Japan Ministry of Ecomony, Trade and Industry).
 >> Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry : Press Release 

This award is only awarded to the top 100 companies across Japan that have "...fully utilized IT solutions and services to collect and maintain data, of which is leveraged for decision-making, and administrative optimization".

Registered Construction Consultant
Registered 21-9286
Date Registered February 24, 2009
Registered
Department
Department of Soil Property and Foundation
Department of Steel structure and Concerete
Department of Roads
Past Experiences
Department of Soil Property and Foundation Earthquake-Resistant Design Support / Input Data Computation for Analysis Support 
FRAME(3D) Analysis Support Service
Dynamic Analysis of Rainwater Aqueducts and BOX Culvert under Level 2 Ground Motion
Department of Steel structure and Concerete Geo-Foundation Analysis Drainage Pump Station / Geo-Foundation Analysis for Tunnel Excavation
Deformation Anaylsis for Geo-Foundation / Geo-Foundation Analysis for Gutter Pipes
Input Parameter Calculation for Evaulating Gutter Pipe Vertical Direction Earthquake-Resistance Performance
Department of Roads Road Access Information Evaluation Services during Disasters.
Effectiveness Evaulation Service for Information Feed Media
Road Access Information Evaluation Services during Earthquake.
Investigation Services for Improving Functional Efficiency of Traffic Control Systems.
Evaulation Services for Annual Informational Infrastructure Maintenance


ISO Certification
Information Security Management System for Cloud service ISO27017 certificate (2018/10/24)
FORUM8 has completed the inspection and officially registered for complying to the ISO27017 standards on August 17, 2018.
Certificate No. JQA-IC0016
Category ISO/IEC 27001:2013 / JIS Q 14001:2015
Registered August 17, 2018
Expiry Date August 16, 2019
JQA-IC0016

Environmental management system ISO14001 certificate (2016/10/14)
FORUM8 has completed the inspection and officially registered for complying to the ISO14001 standards on September 27, 2016.
Certificate No. JQA-EM7269
Category ISO 14001:2015/JIS Q 14001:2015
Registered September 27, 2016
Expiry Date September 26, 2019
<Related Information>
Press Release
FORUM8 has obtained the Environmental Management System Certificate (ISO14001)
Contribute to improvement of environment by providing technologies of software development, simulation, and cloud technologies
JQA-EM7269

Information Security Management System Certificate (9.27.2013)
FORUM8 has completed the inspection and officially registered for complying to the ISO 27001 standards on September 27, 2013.
Certificate No. JQA-IM1208
Category ISO/UEC 27001:2005/JIS Q 27001:2006
Registered September 27, 2013
Updated September 27, 2016
Expiry Date September 26, 2019
<Related Information>
Press Release
FORUM 8 has obtained the ISMS / ISO 27001 Certificate
Strengthened security for improved Cloud service usage and management
 (Japanese)

Business Continuity Managemnet System ISO 22301 Certificate (12.28.2012)
FORUM8 has completed the inspection and been certified for meeting the ISO 22301 standards on December 14, 2012.
Certificate No. JQA-BC0005
JQA-BC0005 
Category ISO 22301:2012/JIS Q 22301:2013
Registered December 14, 2012
Updated September 27, 2015
Revised : September 2, 2016
Expiry September 26, 2018

Quality Management System ISO 9001 Certificate (2.22.2011)
FORUM 8 has completed the inspection and been certified for meeting the ISO 22301 standards on February 22, 2011.

Company Name

FORUM 8 Co., Ltd.
Registered Industry Cusomization software development
Registred February 22, 2011
Updated September 27, 2016
Expired September 26, 2019
Certificarte No. JQA-QMA14896
JQA-QMA 14896


■Memberships (As of February 2019)
Association Registration
i-Construction Promotion Consortium  
Aichi Countermeasure Research Lab for Soil and Groundwater Pollution
iCD Association Regular member
NPO Corporate ITS Japan  
Mobile Mapping System Supporting member
Autodesk, Inc. ADN membership ADN Service & Support level Standard
Open Design Alliance
Open CAD Format Commitee Corporate
Open CAE Regular member
Computer Graphic Arts Society Supporting member
Center for Collaborative Interdisciplinary Sciences Association member
The Visualization Society of Japan Regular member
Kamakura Nohbutai Special corporate supporting member 
Foundation for Computational Science Regular member
The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers 2 Supporting member
Express Highway Research Foundation of Japan Supporting member
Computer Software Association of Japan Regular member
Japan Society of Traffic Engineers Special member 3rd grade / Regular member
Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster Promotion Council  
The Kobe Chamber of Commerce & Industry Special corporate member
State of the Art Technologies in Expression Association (Abbreviation : Hyogikyo) Corporate member
The Forum for Advancement of Stereoscopic Three Dimensional Image Technology and Arts Supporting member
Industry-academic-government CIM / GIS Association Corporate member
JCB Co., Ltd.  
Industrial Commitee for Supercomputing Promotion Corporate
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. Supporting member
Shiba Houjinkai Corporate
The Japanese Geotechnical Society Corporate / Individual member
NPO Civil Machi-Zukuri Station (lit. Civil Town-Building Station)  Corporate Supporting member
Civil Engineering Consultant Network Supporting member
Information Processing Society of Japan Supporting member
CRM Association Japan Regular member 
Industrial Commitee for Supercomputing Promotion Corporate
SEIYUKAI Corporate
Takanawa TOKUBOUREN  
NPO Workshop for Sustainable Community 4 Corporate member
Railway International Standards Center  Regular member
Railway Technical Research Institute  
Tokyo Association of Social Insurance
The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Tokyo Keiyukai Cooperation Annual membership
Association of Integrative Medicine for Women  
Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferes Organizations (TOYUKAI)  
Planning Consultants Association of Japan CorporateSupporting member
Japan Society of Civil Engineers Fellow member / Corporate Regular member / Individual member
Public Works Research Center Supporting member
The Acoustical Society of Japan Supporting member
Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering
The Institutaion of Professional Engineers, Japan Supporting member
NIPPON OMNI-MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Corporate member
Japan Sewage Works Association Supporting member 3rd class
Japan Construction Information Center Foundation Supporting member
Japan Structural Consultants Association Supporting member
Architectural Institute of Japan Supporting member / Regular member(Individual)
Japanese Society of Steel Construction Category 2 Regular member
Japan Concrete Institute Collective member (Category 2) ( Level 4) / Regular member(Individual)
The Japan Landslide Society Supporting member (Association)
Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
Japan Association of Surveyors Regular member
Association of Precise Survey and Applied Technology Regular member
Japan Institute of Design Promotion Supporting member
Japan Data Center Council Supporting member
Japan Road Association Individual regular member
THE VIRTUAL REALITY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade Procedures (JASTPRO)  
Non-Profit Organization Japan Association of Fire Protection Engineers Supporting member
The Robotics Society of Japan Supporting member
building SMART JAPAN Regular member
Japan Prestressed Concrete Institute Individual regular member
Hokkaido VR Promotion Council Regular member 
Society of the seismic isolation retrofit method Corporate member 
Yamanashi ICT&Contact Support Center  
Real-time Earthquake & Disaster Information Consortium.  
Association of Risk Management Individual member
The Resona Foundation For Small And Medium Enterprise Promotion. Supporting member

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 General business owner action plans
 General business owner action plans based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
We start to implement the following goals and measures from April 1, 2011 as the general business owner action plans based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children in order to enable all employees to fulfill their potentials by arranging the comfortable environment for work staff where they can strike a balance between work and child rearing.

 1. Plan period
Five years from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2019

 2. Content
Goal1: Make childcare leave acquisition status beyond the following level within the planning period
Male... Two or more employees acquire childcare leave.
Female... More than 80% employees acquire childcare leave.
  • Countermeasure
  • -May 2011: training for managerial workers in order to inform that male workers can have childcare leave
  • -From FY 2011: seminar about returning to work is held once a year for employees taking a childcare leave.

Goal 2: By September 2014, introduce short-time work system that employees who have children under the elementary school age can use
  • Countermeasure
    -September 2011: started investigation of employee demands and review of system details
    -From October 2011: informed via in-house intranet

Goal 3: By September 2016, reduce overtime work of all employees to less than 2400 hours per person per year
  • Countermeasure
    -September 2011: established a project team to analyze causes of overtime work
    -From FY 2011: biannual training to re-form managerial workers consciousness


General business owner action plans based on the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace
As the general business owner action plans based on the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, we set the following goals and measures from April 1, 2017.

 1. Plan period
Five years from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022

 2. Content
Goal 1: Raise the average service years of women to five years and over within the plan period
  • Countermeasure
  • -April 2017: create time-limited employee system and child rearing support policy
  • -From FY 2017: after conducting consciousness investigation about gender role, give employees training of legal care for pregnant or child rearing workers

Goal 2: By March 31, 2019, raise the childcare leave acquisition rate beyond the following standard
      Male... Two or more employees acquire childcare leave.
      Female... More than 80% employees acquire childcare leave.
  • Countermeasure
  • From FY 2017: create leaflet about available support system for harmonization of work and family to inform employees and managerial workers.

Continuing measures from the previous fiscal year:
  • -training for managerial workers in order to inform that male workers can have childcare leave
  • -seminar about returning to work is held once a year for employees taking a childcare leave

We were certified as a "Grade 2 Eruboshi" company based on
the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement
in the Workplace.
(2017/08/30)

FORUM8 was certified as a "Grade 2 Eruboshi" company according to
the Article 9 in based on the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation
and Advancement in the Workplace on August 23rd, 2017.

Press Release
http://www.forum8.co.jp/forum8/press/press170830-e.htm
Certification seal
(called Eruboshi)

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COLLABORATION

 

A variety of collaboration with organizations,
companies, and businesses around the world
 
   
Overseas agency list    Branches & Showrooms
Arcbazar
Arcbazar was founded by Imdat As, who studied in MIT and Harvard University Graduate School. Competition projects on the web span across several categories such as renovation, gardening, interior, and commercial or public building designs. Currently, there have been a total of more than 5,000 projects and 15,000 designers registered. FORUM8 has been entered into a business alliance agreement with Arcbazar.
ProjectVR
Arcbazar Support Service by FORUM8 to enhance Arcbazar's usability and effectiveness. "Online Simple Self-Assessment Support website" and various VR simulations of the environment, traffic, and crowd are available. Provides overall designs of projects in one stop: from the beginning of the competition to the provision of the VR service. Supports Arcbazar to expand Asian presence in particular.
https://www.arcbazar.com/
Established "FORUM8
Okinawa"
in July 2017.
Held a opening seminar.
TV program "VR Friends 2"
started in October 2017.
Integrated all business of First
System in December 2016.
FORUM8 Design Festival
2016 Eve
in November 2016
Received the 2016 CRM Best
Practice Award
Took a stake in Yenbo Internet
Service in October 2016
CEO Yuji Ito became the
director of the Computer
Software Association of
Japan (CSAJ) in June 2016.
Became a member of
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Industrial Liason
Program. Towards advanced
VR research and system
development in January 2016.
Received the 2015 CRM Best
Practice Award
Nagoya University introduced
the world's first driving
simulator
in June 2015.
Received Top 100 Aggressive
IT SME of Japan Award.
Signed the share transfer
agreement and took over all
of business of CRAVA Inc.
in April 2015.
Opened a website to support
self simple assessment
commissioned by Workshop
for Sustainable Community
in April 2015
Large amplitude vibration
system
was delivered to
Shimizu Corporation in
March 2015
Acquired the right to develop
the Japanese version of
Organic Parking in
March 2015
Signing ceremony with
CYBERNET in July 2014.
   
  Global Dealer Network -  inquiries to : road@forum8.co.jp
海外代理店 一覧
■FORUM8 London LLP

UK
  ■FORUM8 AU PTY LTD


Australia
  ■FORUM8 KOREA

Korea
■FORUM8 Technology
Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

■Qingdao FORUM8 Software
Technology Co., Ltd.


China
  ■Taiwan FORUM8
Software Technology Co., Ltd.



Taiwan
  ■FORUM8 Hanoi


Vietnam
  ■FORUM8 Yangon


Myanmar
   
  ■Group companies and organizations 
State of the Art Technologies Expression Association
(Contents&Technical Support)
http://soatassoc.org
This association was established in order to research the state-of-the-art technologies in expression and to support the development of the contents that utilize the technologies. It contributes to the society through human resource cultivation of developers, users, and creators as well as the utilization of the most-advanced technologies. Aiming to construct new ways of expression by gathering knowledge beyond the bounds of the fields, the association works based on the projects proposed by the members and 3 groups of creative, user, and products. FORUM8 completely supports its activities including the development of the projection mapping table and the future business of an expression technology test.
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Projection mapping at Enyuji Temple

3DVR archive project - digital contents
for cultural heritage (Nanto city)
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Solar panel VR

VR used in Kintaikyo-bridge projection mapping (May 2015)

Projection mapping table
(Codeveloped by Hyogikyo and Forum8)

"Visualization of the disaster risk and
questionnaire about viewing experience
by digital signage" (Supervisor: Hiromichi
Yoshikawa, Tokyo City University)
Main Activities
-Holding workshops promoting the use of latest technologies.
-Holding qualification examinations and human resources development
related to expression technology
-Various promotional activities of exhibitions and publications
-Support of expression project using latest technologies
-International exchange
-Book publication
   
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HVR Promotion Council
https://hvr.or.jp/
The purpose of this council is to provide virtual platforms using VR such as 3D VR autonomous driving and drone flight simulation
to researchers and engineers in manufactures and universities. FORUM8 is giving a full cooperation with this council.
 
● Society for advanced road traffic system
● Society for resilient social system against natural disasters
● Society for infrastructure maintenance management
and update system
● Society for hospitality system
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June 2018
Seminar for promotion of building and using
Hokkaido virtual platform
   
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SHOWROOM+OFFICE&BRANCH

 
Global bases

 
  ●Tokyo Head Office&Showroom
Shinagawa Intercity A-21F, 2-15-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo MAP
TEL : +81-3-6894-1888
FAX : +81-3-6894-3888


Moved to Shinagawa Intercity A-21F in July 2013.
Expanded the office including the server room and seminar room.
The office is close to Shinagawa station, and a showroom is also established.
 

  
6DOF0.7G motion
simulator system
Mind wave drive TV conference system
and meeting room
Projection mapping
on model
Steering torque controlled autonomous drive simulator VR Motion Seat Holographic UC-win/Road HMD plug-in
2DOF Flight simulator Train simulator High Performance Computer
Wind Simulator
Simple drive simulator
for eldery and beginner
Cycle simulator
 
●Nagoya Showroom
JR Central Towers 36F, 1-1-4 Meieki,
Nakamura-ku, Nagoya city, Aichi  MAP
TEL : +81-52-688-6888 FAX : +81-52-688-7888
●Osaka Branch Office
35F, OAP Tower, 1-8-30 Temmabashi, Kita-ku, Osaka  MAP
TEL : +81-6-6882-2888
FAX : +81-6-6882-2889
  ●Miyazaki
Branch Office

2-1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki City    MAP
TEL : +81-985-58-1888 FAX : +81-985-55-3027
 
On-the-premise tennis court
3rd period of construction completed in March, 1993. Building in front of the Miyazaki Univ.

Electrical panel
Solar power system

A comfortable development environment
   ●Fukuoka Business Office
6F 2nd Hakata Kaisei Building,
1-10-4 Hakataeki Minami, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka MAP
TEL. 092-289-1880 FAX. 092-289-1885
●Sendai Office
6F Sendai Trust Tower, 1-9-1 Ichiban-cho, Aoba-ku,
Sendai-city, Miyagi   MAP
TEL : +81-22-208-5588 FAX : +81-22-208-5590
  ●Kanazawa Office
10F Rifare Building
1-5-2 Honmachi, Kanazawa city MAP
TEL : +81-76-254-1888 FAX : +81-76-255-3888
●Sapporo Office
18F JR Tower Office Plaza Sapporo   MAP
TEL : +81-11-806-1888 FAX : +81-11-806-1889
 
  ●Kobe Laboratory/Factory
Super computer cloud Kobe Laboratory
2F Computing Research Center Laboratory 1, 7-1-28 Minatojimaminami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo  MAP
TEL : +81-78-304-4885 FAX : +81-78-304-4884
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Super computer cloud Kobe Laboratory/Factory
1F Kobe KIMEC Center Building (KIMEC), 1-5-2 Minatojimaminami-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, HyogoMAP
TEL : +81-78-306-2088 FAX : +81-78-306-2088
  ●Iwate Office
2-8 Takizawa IPU 2nd Innovation center,
152-409 Sugo, Takizawa, Iwate
TEL / FAX: +8119-694-1888
MAP
●Okinawa Office
301 Room, 3F, Naha City IT Creation Center
2-3-6 Mekaru, Naha City, Okinawa
TEL: +81-98-951-1888  FAX: +81-98-951-1889
MAP

●SHANGHAI  MAP
FORUM8 Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
23/E, NO. 855 World Plaza Pudong South Road , Pudong New Area Shanghai. China
TEL. +86-21-6859-9898 FAX. +86-21-6859-9897
●QINGDAO  MAP
Qingdao FORUM8 Software Technology Co., Ltd.
B2-1-1, 13F, Building B, International Innovation Park, 169 Chung Ling Road, Laoshan District, Qingdao Shandong.
TEL. +86-532-66729637 FAX. +86-532-66729639
●TAIPEI  MAP
Taiwan FORUM8 Software Technology Co., Ltd.
4F, No.3, Yuancyu St., Nangang District, TaipeiCIty115, Taiwan(R.O.C.)
TEL. +886-2-2655-8375 FAX. +886-2-2655-8325
●VIETNAM
5th floor, TID Building, No 4 Lieu Giai street,
Ba Dinh district, Ha Noi City  TEL: +84-(43)-244-4058
●MYANMAR
13-09, Level 13, Sule Square, 221 Sule Pagoda Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon Myanmar.
TEL : +95-01-9255060、+95-09-9255061 
FAX : +95-01-9255062
●LONDON  ●SYDNEY  ●SEOUL
 

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