Abstract
Nowadays, because of rapid data increase is brought by SNS (Social Networking Service) and the various sensor, effective utilization of big data is needed in many organizations. The purposes of this paper are to develop the extract framework on best practices and to discuss the current issues of big data utilization in Japan. Komatsu and T Point Japan were selected as best practices. The current issues are as follows: (i) the utilization of personal data, (ii) the effective use of open data, (iii) the development of human resources on big data utilization, and (iv) the difficulty of decision making based on analyzed results of big data.