The NEM Foundation working hard on the financial sector, and industry solutions. Through the private chain called mijin, NEM is Focusing on integrating solutions for large companies like IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and the like, as soon as possible. NEMs technological focus has always been to target mainstream financial and tech giants. To be the obvious technology for rock solid and fast performing blockchain for a decentralized future. This is why the public sector of NEM may not seem as exciting right now especially in the US. It will come full circle back to the public sector when NEM becomes the professional industry standard for huge tech and banking entity's. NEM is not called the sleeping giant for nothing.
https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2017/06/29/nem-partners-blockchain-global-expand-internationally/
Recently, the NEM foundation announced that they are making a strategic partnership with Blockchain Global, (they created Australias most succesful bitcoin exchange!) they are allocating there budgets to the global expansion of NEM technology and incubation of new additions to NEM! Ensuring its continued and thriving growth as the leading blockchain technology.
Im really hoping with the better publicity in the east like Japan, China, and Malaysia encourages the Japanese government to choose NEM as its blockchain platform for government tenders!! Check out this link I found about it here: