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Due to restrictions on venue space and security concerns, the number of media representatives able to cover the G7 Summit and Foreign Ministers' Meetings is restricted under a media representation scheme. For this reason, the host nation is responsible for photo distribution, taking the official photos and distributing them to media representatives from around the world.

Fujifilm Imaging Systems (FFIS) was commissioned as the official photo provider for the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hiroshima (April 10–11, 2016) and the G7 Ise-Shima Summit Meeting (May 26–27, 2016). For data transmission, the company employed the Fuji Xerox (FX) network service “beat/active Service (*)” for Web transmission of the official photos with safety and speed and supported the Group's operation. FFIS was also commissioned as the official photo provider for the Hokkaido Toyako Summit in 2008 and APEC Japan 2010.

For the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, massive quantities of photos of the top leaders arriving at Central Japan International Airport, their visit to Ise Shrine, etc., were transmitted to the International Media Center in Ise City and distributed to media organizations worldwide in a rapid 18 minutes from the time the photos were taken. Amid the tight schedules of the numerous minute-by-minute Summit meetings, the concurrent use of FFIS's image processing and editing technology and FX's IT infrastructure were mobilized for global transmission to media organizations that demand speed.

With growing demand for information disclosure with speed and accuracy in a wide range of situations, it becomes more important to transmit images having outstanding appeal on the Web. Fujifilm Group plans to provide support for speedy and secure information disclosure by utilizing its pool of technologies and expertise.

* beat/active Service: Network security products provided by Fuji Xerox