{"id":331,"date":"2023-12-14T15:40:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T06:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.jpuniverse.com\/?post_type=news&p=331"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:06:56","slug":"231214-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.jpuniverse.com\/en\/news\/231214-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Metaverse Economic Zone \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae\u201dLaunch of Demonstration Experiments for ExperiencingCorporate Products in Virtual Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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To members of the press<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\nDecember 14, 2023<\/span>
\r\nJP UNIVERSE Inc.<\/span>
\r\nTakenaka Corporation
\r\nTSI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.<\/span>
\r\nToppan Inc.<\/span>
\r\nMITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION<\/span>
\r\nSumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.<\/span>
\r\nYamaha Corporation<\/span>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Japan Metaverse Economic Zone \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae\u201d
Launch of Demonstration Experiments for Experiencing
Corporate Products in Virtual Spaces<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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JP UNIVERSE Inc. (President and CEO: Hajime Tabata), Takenaka Corporation (President: Masato Sasaki), TSI HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (Chief Executive Officer: Tsuyoshi Shimoji), Toppan Inc. (President and Representative Director: Masanori Saito), MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO: Takao Kato), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (President and Group CEO: Toru Nakashima), and Yamaha Corporation (President and Representative Executive Officer: Takuya Nakata) announced today that they have launched a demonstration experiment to enable users to experience corporate products and content in the virtual space RYUGUKOKU\u00ae, an RPG project born out of the Japan Metaverse Economic Zone concept\u203b1. In this experiment, we will work with partner companies to create a better game\/metaverse experience to complement the corporate product experience and verify the technology to incorporate it into virtual spaces.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The world of \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae\u201d allows users to participate in adventures with their favorite avatars and to use a variety of real-life products provided by the corporations in their play time. For users, it offers an opportunity to casually experience a company’s products and content in the Game and Metaverse worlds, and for companies, it offers an opportunity to engage with new customers by supporting their users’ gaming experiences.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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These demonstration experiments will not only physically reproduce the company’s products inside the space, but also experiment with how they are used and played with, to develop the Game\/ Metaverse worlds into a new marketing venue for the companies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u203b1 Japan Metaverse Economic Zone: An ecosystem formed by interoperability among different Metaverse services and Metaverse platforms utilizing the open Metaverse infrastructure \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae.\u201d On February 2023, JCB Co., Ltd., Mizuho Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Resona Holdings, Inc., Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., Toppan Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Mitsubishi Corporation and TBT Lab Inc. entered into a basic agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u25a0 Overview of \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae\u201d and the various services that comprise RYUGUKOKU<\/strong>
\uff081\uff09What is \u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae?\u201d<\/span>
\u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae\u201d is an RPG project under development that utilizes the \u201cPEGASUS WORLD
KIT\u00ae.\u201d In the future, JP UNIVERSE will conduct various demonstration experiments using
\u201cRYUGUKOKU\u00ae.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\uff082\uff09What is the \u201cPEGASUS WORLD KIT\u00ae\u201d (PWK)?<\/span>
PWK is RPG\/Metaverse production middleware developed by JP GAMES, a game development studio under the JP UNIVERSE Group. All the functions needed to develop virtual spaces are available. UGC features such as \u201cRIV TECHNOLOGY\u00ae,\u201d which allows users to easily create Metaverse spaces from photographs, are also included. For more information, please visit our website.<\/span>
Website\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.pw-kit.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout JP UNIVERSE inc.\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>JP UNIVERSE inc.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>CEO: Hajime Tabata<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.jpuniverse.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Providing a game commerce platform using gamification<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout Takenaka Corporation\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>Takenaka Corporation<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>President: Masato Sasaki<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.takenaka.co.jp\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>1. Undertaking, design, and supervision of architectural and civil engineering works
2. Studies, research, surveys, planning evaluation, diagnosis and other engineering and management services for construction,
regional and urban development, ocean development, space development, energy supply, environmental improvements, and other projects
3. Land preparation and housing construction
4. Sales and purchasing, leasing, brokerage, maintenance, management, and appraisal of real estate as well as real estate investment management<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout TSI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>TSI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>Chief Executive Officer: Tsuyoshi Shimoji<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.tsi-holdings.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Management of business activities of subsidiaries and group companies and other related activities<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout Toppan Inc.\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>Toppan Inc.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>President and Representative Director: Masanori Saito<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.toppan.com\/ja\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Information Systems\/Lifestyle Systems\/Electronics Businesses<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td width=\"75%\">MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO: Takao Kato<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Motor vehicle production and sales<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>President: Toru Nakashima<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.smfg.co.jp\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Management and administration of banks and other companies that may be made subsidiaries under the Banking Law, and other operations incidental thereto<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\uff1cAbout Yamaha Corporation\uff1e<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company name<\/span><\/td>Yamaha Corporation<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Representative<\/span><\/td>President and Representative Executive Officer: Takuya Nakata<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
URL<\/span><\/td>https:\/\/www.yamaha.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/span><\/td>Musical instruments, audio equipment, and others<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u226aFor inquiries from the press regarding this release, please contact\u226b<\/span><\/strong>
\r\nJP UNIVERSE Public Relations:info@jpuniverse.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n