NTT Opens Tokyo Capsule Hotel to Collect Sleep Data; Company to Collaborate with Manufacturers to Develop Products to Improve Sleep

The Yomiuri Shimbun

6:00 JST, August 21, 2024

NTT Data Japan Co. has opened a capsule hotel equipped with its technology to analyze guests’ sleep data, through which it aims to help food and medical equipment manufacturers develop products to improve sleep quality.

The hotel, 9h nine hours Shinagawa station sleep lab for men, opened on Aug. 9 and is located in front of Shinagawa Station in Tokyo.

Sensors, infrared cameras and microphones have been set up in each of the 70 compartments to collect such data as how many times the guest rolls over, how often they snore and how long they go without breathing due to sleep apnea. Data will be collected on guests who agree in advance, and they can receive the results.

NTT Data plans to make use of the information by collaborating with food and medical equipment manufacturers to develop products that can improve the quality of sleep. The company aims to make ¥30 billion in the health care business by 2030.

The NTT group, which owns buildings equipped with communication facilities in various places, including urban areas, is considering expanding its hotel business.