---
title: Code for Japan
type: ngo
status: active
country: JP
website: https://www.code4japan.org
logo: /assets/org-logos/code-for-japan.svg
contact:
  checked: 2026-08-09
  form: https://www.code4japan.org/contact
  source: https://www.code4japan.org
summary: Japan's leading civic-tech organisation, part of the international Code for
  All network — running an open community for citizen-led digital problem-solving,
  co-developing participatory decision-making platforms with local governments, and
  promoting open data and government digital transformation.
concepts:
- democracy-tools
- e-government
- participatory-budgeting
location:
  latitude: 35.6762
  longitude: 139.6503
  name: Tokyo, Japan
  precision: city
events:
- date: '2013-10-25'
  title: Founded as the Japanese node of Code for All, bringing civic tech to Japan
  url: https://www.code4japan.org/aboutus
  quote: 設立年月日 2013年10月25日
  proof_level: high
  url_checked: '2026-08-10'
  notable: true
activity:
  sitemap:
    checked: 2026-08-17
    note: Sitemap found, no lastmod
last_checked: '2026-08-09'
---

Code for Japan is the Japanese node of the international Code for All network, bringing the civic-tech model — citizens using technology to solve local problems in partnership with government — to Japan. The organisation runs an open community on Slack and Notion where anyone can participate in projects spanning open data, disaster response technology, and digital government transformation.

A landmark project is the co-development of Kakogawa City's Civic Participation Decision-Making Platform, which enables citizens to participate directly in municipal policy decisions through digital tools — one of the more developed examples of government-adopted civic tech in Japan. Code for Japan also runs regular development events, talk events, and a "Civic Tech Fun! Fun! Report!" monthly newsletter (running through July 2026).

Japan's civic-tech scene is less dense than equivalents in Taiwan (g0v, vTaiwan) or Korea, but Code for Japan is the established institutional anchor. The emergence of Team Mirai as a parliamentary party advocating e-democracy creates a potential new pathway for civic-tech infrastructure to connect with formal political power — an unusual configuration globally.

## Links

- Website: [code4japan.org](https://www.code4japan.org)

## See also

- [Democracy Tools](../concepts/democracy-tools.md)
- [E-Government](../concepts/e-government.md)
- [Team Mirai](team-mirai.md)