Shibuya Ward in Tokyo will start a demonstration experiment to lend 3,000 smartphones for the elderly living in the ward free of charge.The aim is to eliminate the information gap between residents and use it for disaster prevention and welfare measures.Aiming for distribution in September, we started open recruitment of business operators on February 3.
事業者の公募で公開した端末の仕様（渋谷区サイトより）According to the section in charge of the ward, about 43,000 elderly people aged 65 and over living in Shibuya Ward.Of these, people who do not have information equipment such as smartphones may hinder information gathering in the event of a disaster and the use of new administrative services required for the "new life style" of colona.
"We will lend equipment to the elderly who have never used smartphones and provide support to be used daily through lectures and call centers. We are also assumed that we will use it in" online health consultation "using a web conference system such as ZOOM.(Keiji Abe, Division of the Elderly Digital Devied Division Section)
Install the "Shibuya Ward Disaster Prevention App" made in the ward on the smartphone distributed.Push communication is informed that evacuation advice will appear in the event of a disaster.Users can check information such as evacuation centers, and can also be used to confirm family safety.
「渋谷区防災アプリ」The ward is in principle by the ward's communication fee for the loaned terminal.Assuming that there is no other internet connection environment in the user house, the condition of the company's selection has been set up as a "flat -rate system that allows more than 20GB per month to use data communication".The burden of the call fee is "under consideration."The recruitment of lending applicants will start around May.
