|
| 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/ |
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
- Personal computer software package development and marketing
- Personal computer hardware accessories development and marketing
- Computation solutions and services
- Built-to-order software and services development
- Design and analysis services
- Integrated leasing and rental services
- Industrial grade machineries, and robotics development, design, production, and marketing
- Power supply and power retailing
- General worker dispatch business
- Posses, lend, and manage estate
- Business related to data center and cloud service
- 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 |
|
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|
 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 |
|
|
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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)
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| Excerpt from User Introduction in Up&Coming |
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Page Top 
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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 |
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Organizational Structure (as of April 2016)
|
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/ |
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| 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 |
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： |
Road Access Information Evaluation Services during Earthquake. |
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： |
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 |
|
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| 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 |
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| JQA-EM7269 |
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| Information Security Management System Certificate (9.27.2013) |
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| 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.
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JQA-BC0005 |
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ISO 22301:2012／JIS Q 22301:2013 |
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December 14, 2012 |
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September 27, 2015 |
| Revised |
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September 2, 2016 |
| Expiry |
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September 26, 2018 |
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| 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.
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FORUM 8 Co., Ltd. |
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Cusomization software development |
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February 22, 2011 |
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September 27, 2016 |
| Expired |
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September 26, 2019 |
| Certificarte No. |
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JQA-QMA14896 |
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■Memberships (As of February 2019)
| Association |
Registration |
| i-Construction Promotion Consortium |
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| Aichi Countermeasure Research Lab for Soil and Groundwater Pollution |
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| iCD Association |
Regular member |
| NPO Corporate ITS Japan |
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| Mobile Mapping System |
Supporting member |
| Autodesk, Inc. |
ADN membership ADN Service & Support level Standard |
| Open Design Alliance |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| NPO Workshop for Sustainable Community |
4 Corporate member |
| Railway International Standards Center |
Regular member |
| Railway Technical Research Institute |
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| Tokyo Association of Social Insurance |
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| The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| Tokyo Keiyukai Cooperation |
Annual membership |
| Association of Integrative Medicine for Women |
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| Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferes Organizations (TOYUKAI) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) |
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| Japan Association for Simplification of International Trade Procedures
(JASTPRO) |
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| 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 |
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| Real-time Earthquake & Disaster Information Consortium. |
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| 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 |
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General business owner action plans based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children |
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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.
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| 1. Plan period |
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Five years from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2019
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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
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General business owner action plans based on the Act of Promotion of Women's
Participation and Advancement in the Workplace |
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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.
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Five years from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022
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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
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COLLABORATION
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A variety of collaboration with organizations,
companies, and businesses around the world |
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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. |
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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/ |
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Established "FORUM8
Okinawa" in July 2017.
Held a opening seminar. |
TV program "VR Friends 2"
started in October 2017. |
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Integrated all business of First
System in December 2016. |
FORUM8 Design Festival
2016 Eve in November 2016 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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State of the Art Technologies Expression Association
(Contents&Technical Support) |
http://soatassoc.org
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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. |
Projection mapping at Enyuji Temple |
3DVR archive project - digital contents
for cultural heritage (Nanto city) |
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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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. |
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● 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
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Global bases
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●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 |
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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. |
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6DOF0.7G motion
simulator system |
Mind wave drive |
TV conference system
and meeting room |
Projection mapping
on model |
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| Steering torque controlled autonomous drive simulator |
VR Motion Seat |
Holographic |
UC-win/Road HMD plug-in |
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| 2DOF Flight simulator |
Train simulator |
High Performance Computer
Wind Simulator |
Simple drive simulator
for eldery and beginner |
Cycle simulator |
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●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 |
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●Miyazaki
Branch Office |
2-1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki City MAP
TEL : +81-985-58-1888 FAX : +81-985-55-3027 |
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On-the-premise tennis court |
| 3rd period of construction completed in March, 1993. Building in front
of the Miyazaki Univ. |
Electrical panel |
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| Solar power system |
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A comfortable development environment |
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●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
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●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
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●Kanazawa Office
10F Rifare Building
1-5-2 Honmachi, Kanazawa city MAP
TEL : +81-76-254-1888
FAX : +81-76-255-3888
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●Sapporo Office
18F JR Tower Office Plaza Sapporo MAP
TEL : +81-11-806-1888
FAX : +81-11-806-1889
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●Kobe Laboratory/Factory
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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 |
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●Iwate Office
2-8 Takizawa IPU 2nd Innovation center,
152-409 Sugo, Takizawa, Iwate
TEL / FAX: +8119-694-1888
MAP |
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●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 |
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●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
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