The second part
of my speech at SXSW in Austin was about the CiP
Digital Special Zone.
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It is equally
important to consider “where” superhuman sports will be played. We have already
come up with ideas for many new sports. I want to provide the world with a
place to play these sports, a lab to develop these sports, and a stadium to
watch these sports.
For example, we
could make an IoT stadium where the walls are lined with sensors, allowing for 360
degree fullscreen viewing. We are still brainstorming this step.
However, we are
making progress with community development to attract people to our vision.
Alongside our Superhuman Sports activities, we are also in the process of
planning the creation of a special zone for the concentration of digital
content in Takeshiba, the Tokyo Bay Area. It will function as a base to lead
the post-2020 digital industry.
Our plan is to
redevelop this Tokyo metropolitan 1.5ha area, conveniently located near the
Olympic Stadium, and open it right before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. We will
gather state-of-the-art content, media, IT, and IoT technologies, form a
cluster, and attract people to superhuman sports.
This is the
Content Innovation Project (CiP). It is being participated in by 50 companies,
and is also backed by the Japanese government. I act as a representative for
CiP.
CiP has four
functions. R&D, human resource development, supporting entrepreneurs, and
business matching. A theme is born from this, which we then research to
continue the cycle.
Much like as seen
in Silicon Valley and Hollywood, we plan to take technology and content, fit it
into a small territory, then add a dash of Japanese pop culture in order to
turn it into a town. I want cosplayers and robots to come too.
We want the
special zone to be a place where creators and entrepreneurs gather. Our desire
is to create an atmosphere where those who create technology and designs can play
with those who create businesses from them.
Keio University, the university I teach at, has joined us there. I
would also like to invite Stanford University, where I previously worked at.
Additionally, I would like to make the zone into a place for cutting-edge
digital education aimed at children.
The Takeshiba zone has already been certified as a National
Strategic Special Zone by the Prime Minister. As a special zone, it functions
as an area for the early introduction of various sorts of deregulation.
I want to make it into a zone for drones and robots, and
experiment with many different types of technology. We could make it into a
special zone for radio waves, and use the radio waves just for superhuman
sports. So that everything done in Texas or California can be done in Takeshiba
too, I want it to become a Texas special zone and California special zone.
It will be a place where technology and pop culture festivals will
be held every day. I want the zone to be a place where SXSW mini-events can be
held on every day of the week.
Lastly, I want the zone to act as a hub connecting the US, Europe,
and Asia.
Tokyo is a city by the ocean. The same
cannot be said for Washington DC, Paris, or London. Nor Rome, Madrid, or even
Beijing. We should use Tokyo’s ocean for fun.
A product is currently underway to
mobilize life-sized Gundam mobile suits. I dream that by 2020, we will be able
to expand our bodies and pilot a Gundam ourselves.
You should join us.
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