2025年3月30日日曜日

The future of content, freedom, education and technology

■The future of content, freedom, education and technologyKickoff of the LDP Intellectual Property Research Council Digital Content Subcommittee @ LDP Headquarters.In the presence of relevant government ministries and agencies, including Takayuki Kobayashi, Takashi Yamashita, Norio Tokai, Taku Otsuka, Taro Yamada, and Ken Akamatsu, they were given the topic of "The Future of Content," and while introducing discussions at the Intellectual Property Headquarters and other organizations, they presented their opinions as follows.Changes in the content...

2025年3月23日日曜日

Cool Japan: Cold noodles

■Cool Japan: Cold noodlesNHK Cool Japan: "Cold Noodles"Summer in Japan. Udon, soba, somen, and other cold noodles are a symbol of summer.Eating any type of noodles cold is actually a Japanese characteristic.The Japanese culture of surviving the heat by eating delicious cold foods."Chinese food, pho, pasta"In summer, Japanese people eat cold foods to cool their bodies.In winter, we eat hot food to warm our bodies.Change the temperature of your food depending on the season to keep yourself in good health.This is a characteristic of Japan.There are...

2025年3月16日日曜日

Government Metaverse Conference launched.

 ■Government Metaverse Conference launched.has launched the "Public-Private Partnership Conference on Addressing New Legal Issues Surrounding Content on the Metaverse ."Since it's too long, I'll call it the "Metaverse Conference."I will be chairing the meeting.The purpose of the agreement is as follows: "In light of new trends arising from the development of the metaverse, in order to respond to new legal issues, a coordination meeting will be established consisting of private sector stakeholders, experts, government stakeholders, etc. to...

2025年3月9日日曜日

Cool Japan: Games

■Cool Japan: Games NHK Cool Japan is a long-running BS program now in its 18th year. Foreigners discuss what is cool or not cool in Japan, and the discussion is multifaceted and deep, so there's no end to the topics.Let me briefly introduce some of my brief comments as I participate once a month .Game volume.Do you remember the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics, when former Prime Minister Abe appeared dressed as Mario? In an instant, the whole world understood what it was all about.When you think of Japan, you think of games. They are the heart...

2025年3月2日日曜日

Literacy policy has finally gone from negative to positive.

■Literacy policy has finally gone from negative to positive.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' ICT Literacy Study Group has started. Professor Tatsuhiko Yamamoto of Keio University is the chair, and I am the deputy chair. This is probably the first time that I will be serving as a committee member with Nanako Ishido.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has been focusing on safety and security measures for young people, in other words, risk avoidance, and has not done much to promote their use. Measures for adult...

2025年2月23日日曜日

President Gachon 1. Mrs.YOYOKA

■President Gachon 1. YOYOKA"President Gachoon" is a special program where we conduct surprise interviews with iU's top visiting professors.https://bit.ly/3Ig2zuBLet's start spelling out the letters as well.The first person to attend this memorable event was the world-famous drummer YOYOKA, who was 12 years old at the time.https://bit.ly/3VBYtQzWhat made you start playing drums?I started when I was about 18 months old. My parents were in a band, so our house was a studio, and there were various instruments and musicians came to play. Every time...

2025年2月16日日曜日

Chomoro! Chomorrow !

■Chomoro! Chomorrow !"An interesting future just around the corner" Chomoro!"Change Tomorrow" Chomorrow !Pop & tech event @ Takeshiba, Tokyo Bay Area.There were 90 contents and 30,000 visitors over two days.thank you very much.Robots, AI, IoT, 5G, anime, e-sports, comedy, J-POP.We are creating a smart city, a tech and pop hub.This is the unveiling event.Finally, reality is back.A fun Halloween is just around the corner, Chomohalo.Chomorobo is an interesting robot that's just a little ahead of its time.A city where robots work and live in harmony...