永慶房產集團

What 永慶房產集團 does

The entity described in the source material is the 東京いきもの台帳 (Tokyo Wildlife Records), a public-service digital wildlife inventory platform operated under the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Environmental Bureau and developed/operated by 株式会社バイオーム (Biome, Inc.) under a formal DX cooperation agreement. The platform aggregates four categories of expert-verified biodiversity data — museum specimens, academic literature, expert observation records, and citizen science contributions — into unified digital catalogs for plants, dragonflies, cicadas, and spiders, with a Chinese-language mirror hosted at yungching.tw. As of December 2025, the platform documents 4,179 plant species (115,840 specimen records), 693 spider species and 1 subspecies (~44,794 observation records), 108 dragonfly species and 5 subspecies (~14,795 records), and 17 cicada species (4,882 records).

The platform's core technology is a web-based digital mapping and search application that allows users to query by species name, geographic location, and time period, with downloadable CSV data for research use. The citizen science component (東京いきもの調査団) is powered by the Biome smartphone app, where public contributions are routed through expert verification before inclusion in the database. Outputs are accessible free of charge to the general public, researchers, students, and government agencies, with the platform positioned as a public good rather than a commercial product.

The business model is non-commercial: the platform is provided free of charge by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, with no disclosed pricing, no revenue model, and no commercial GTM. Distribution relies on government channels, expert community networks, expert-authored content columns, and the Biome app ecosystem. Institutional anchoring is provided by a formal Basic Agreement regarding DX-enabled citizen-participatory wildlife data collection, with the Makino Herbarium at Tokyo Metropolitan University serving as the secretariat for the plant inventory and the National Museum of Nature and Science plus several municipal boards of education contributing specimen data. Note: the firmographic header labels these data under "永慶房產集團" (Yungching Property Group), a Taipei-based real estate company founded in 1988, but the source material itself repeatedly states that it contains no information about that entity — the data in scope describes the Tokyo Wildlife Records platform.

Name

永慶房產集團

Website

https://yungching.tw

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The 東京いきもの台帳 (Tokyo Wildlife Records) is a free public-service digital biodiversity inventory operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Environmental Bureau and developed by Biome, Inc., providing expert-verified searchable catalogs of Tokyo's plants, dragonflies, cicadas, and spiders for the general public, researchers, students, and government agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biodiversity Database

NAICS

Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (712190)

akta.pro primary industry

Biodiversity Baseline Studies & Long-Term Monitoring Programs (EUAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wildlife Surveys & Movement/Connectivity Studies (e.g., Avian/Bat, Telemetry) (EUAHAHAH), Forest Inventory, Mapping & Monitoring (GIS/Remote Sensing/MRV) (IMAMAJAB)

Keywords

• Wildlife inventory
• Biodiversity database
• Citizen science platform
• Species mapping
• Digital ecology

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

A digital wildlife inventory platform that comprehensively aggregates Tokyo's wildlife observation records across four taxa (plants, dragonflies, cicadas, and spiders) from museum specimens, literature, expert observations, and citizen science contributions. Users can search by species name, location, and time period via digital maps, and download structured CSV data for research use. The platform operates under a DX agreement between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Biome Inc.

Product overview

東京いきもの台帳 is a unified digital platform consisting of four wildlife catalogs (plants, dragonflies, cicadas, and spiders) along with a citizen science program called 東京いきもの調査団 that uses the Biome mobile app. The platform allows users to search, view on maps, and download observation records of wildlife species found in Tokyo. Data sources include specimens from museums, literature records from academic journals, expert observation records, and citizen science contributions—all verified by expert taxonomists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tokyo Wildlife Records (東京いきもの台帳) A digital wildlife catalog that comprehensively organizes records of wild species observed in Tokyo from past to present, displaying wildlife information on digital maps and allowing users to search and download observation records of when and where species were found.
• Tokyo Wildlife Catalog (Plants) (東京都野生生物目録(植物)) A digital flora catalog covering wild plants in Tokyo, with 4,179 species and 115,840 specimen records as of December 2025.
• Tokyo Wildlife Catalog (Dragonflies) (東京都野生生物目録(トンボ目)) A dragonfly and damselfly catalog listing 108 species and 5 subspecies with 14,795 records as of December 2025.
• Tokyo Wildlife Catalog (Cicadas) (東京都野生生物目録(セミ科)) A cicada catalog containing 17 species with 4,882 records as of December 2025.
• Tokyo Wildlife Catalog (Spiders) (東京都野生生物目録(クモ目)) A spider catalog covering 693 species and 1 subspecies with 44,794 records as of December 2025, the most of any prefecture in Japan, covering approximately 40% of Japan's recorded species.

Quantifiable outcome

• 693 spider species and 1 subspecies documented (May 2025) — the most of any prefecture in Japan, covering ~40% of Japan's recorded species
• +4 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• 株式会社バイオーム (Biome, Inc.)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Biome, Inc. serves as the development and operations partner for the Tokyo Wildlife Database platform. The partnership is governed by a 'Basic Agreement Regarding DX-Enabled Citizen-Participatory Wildlife Information Collection and Accumulation' (DXを活用した都民参加型生きもの情報収集蓄積に関する基本協定) signed between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Biome, Inc. Biome provides the platform technology and operates the database.
• 八王子市 (Hachioji City)minorOthersOne of the local government institutions that contributed plant specimen information to the Tokyo Plant Flora Inventory.
• Tokyo Metropolitan University Makino Herbarium (東京都立大学 牧野標本館)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Makino Herbarium at Tokyo Metropolitan University hosts the secretariat for the Tokyo Plant Flora Inventory project. The herbarium serves as the central coordinating body for plant specimen collection, expert flora surveys (flora surveys), and the overall compilation of the digital plant catalog. The inventory secretariat was established at the Makino Herbarium starting fiscal year 2024.
• Tokyo Wildlife Investigation Corps (東京いきもの調査団)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Tokyo Wildlife Investigation Corps is a citizen science program launched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in fiscal year 2023 as part of the digital wildlife inventory project. It consists of a professional expert investigation team and a general citizen investigation team. Citizens participate via the Biome smartphone app, contributing wildlife observation records. All citizen science data undergoes expert species identification verification before inclusion in the database.
• National Museum of Nature and Science (国立科学博物館)minorOthersContributed specimen information from their collections as a source of historical wildlife records for Tokyo species. Specimens from this museum are referenced in the spider, dragonfly, cicada, and plant inventories.
• 日野市教委 (Hino City Board of Education)minorOthersContributed plant specimen information from the Hino City Local Materials Museum to the Tokyo Plant Flora Inventory.
• 福生市教委 (Fussa City Board of Education)minorOthersContributed plant specimen information from the Fussa City Board of Education to the Tokyo Plant Flora Inventory.
• 帕尔テノン多摩ミュージアム (Parthenon Tama Museum)minorOthersContributed plant specimen information from the Parthenon Tama Museum to the Tokyo Plant Flora Inventory.
• Tanaka Akio (谷川明男氏)minorOthersContributed private spider specimen collection records to the Tokyo spider inventory.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• iNaturalist: Global citizen-science wildlife observation platform with expert-verified ('Research Grade') observations across all taxa. Most direct competitor for volunteer contribution share in Tokyo and beyond.
• eBird: Cornell Lab of Ornithology's globally dominant bird-observation database combining citizen science with expert curation and downloadable datasets — analogous model in a single taxonomic vertical.
• Pl@ntNet: Citizen-science plant identification and occurrence platform with AI-assisted species ID; comparable in plant inventory use case, but pan-global rather than Tokyo-locked.
• Observation.org / Waarneming.nl: European nature observation platform integrating citizen science, expert validation, and downloadable records — closest functional analogue to the Tokyo Wildlife Database outside Japan.

Broad incumbents

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Intergovernmental biodiversity data aggregator providing occurrence records globally; comparable as a curated, downloadable biodiversity dataset, with much broader taxonomic and geographic scope.
• NatureServe: Non-profit provider of authoritative biodiversity data, conservation status, and ecosystem mapping for North America — comparable as a curated biodiversity-information institution serving research and policy.

Emerging players

• Wildlife Insights: AI-driven camera-trap wildlife monitoring platform from Google and conservation partners; overlaps on expert-curated wildlife occurrence data but focuses on camera-trap methodology.
• Map of Life (MOL): Yale-led platform assembling species distribution maps from occurrence records globally — addresses a similar 'where has a species been seen, and when' query that defines the Tokyo Wildlife Database.
• BugGuide: Community-driven arthropod identification and image-based observation archive (Iowa State University) — directly comparable for the spider inventory component and citizen-photo workflow.

Others

• Biome Inc. Japanese biodiversity-tech company operating the Biome app and the development/operations partnership behind the Tokyo Wildlife Database — directly comparable as a citizen-science platform operator in Japan's ecological-data ecosystem.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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