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Japan Smart Home Market, Volume, Household Penetration and Key Company Analysis to
2024: Ken Research
The report titled “Japan Smart Home Market, Volume, Household Penetration & Key
Company Analysis-Forecast to 2024”, provides a comprehensive analysis of smart home
market in Japan. This report covers awareness of home monitoring, leading players, cost of
smart appliances, applications issues related to automation, growth, IoT and continuing growth
over the coming years.
Industry Overview: Smart home is also known as home automation or smart house. Smart
home involves the control and automation of lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning,
security, washer or dryers, ovens or refrigerators or freezers. All the smart home devices are
remotely monitored and controlled using Wi-Fi which is the important constituents of the
Internet of Things. A central hub known as gateway is installed to control the switches and
sensors with a user interface. This user interface is either a wall-mounted terminal or mobile
phone software or via tablet or a web interface but not always via Internet cloud services.
Majority of the Japan’s landscape is covered with mountains that leave a minimum area for
construction of homes for the Japanese population. Therefore, Japan provides vast
development opportunities for electronic manufactures, house builders, housing equipment
maker and communication manufacturers. Majority of the Japanese reside in the cities with
advanced facilities. Also, the rapid urbanization has boosted the smart homes market in Japan.
Technological Advancements: The technological advancement in Japan has encouraged the
development of energy efficient smart homes and supportive devices. It was observed that
there is a common ECHONET standard established by the Japanese government for all the
smart home equipment to avoid any integration issues. This trend has boosted the smart home
market in Japan is expected to continuing growing rapidly over the near future. Home
automation and energy management are the primary focus area for the Japanese government
due to the continuing earthquakes. Almost all the home automation devices available in Japan
are to assist the ageing population in various ways. Earlier, the lack of standard operational
protocols and electrical interfaces has previously hampered the growth of smart home market.
Major Players in Smart Home Market: The smart home market in Japan is divided into
categories such as Home Entertainment, Ambient Assisted Living (AAL), Energy Management,
Home Security and Home Automation. Smart homes are also categorized based on the
applications such as control and connectivity (Home Automation), comfort and lighting (Home
Automation), home entertainment, smart appliances, energy management and security
application. The leading players in Japan smart home are Panasonic Corporation, Secual Inc,
Connected Design Inc, iTSCOM and Sony Corporation. Home Entertainment is categorized as