Impressions of a copyright law to beat Google and Apple

 “A Copyright Law to beat Google and Apple” was released by Tsuguhiko Kadokawa. It’s more of a media theory than a book. He raises the question of how Japan can compete with the US in the global economy if she continues to prioritize excessive compliance. The author directly relates his feelings about the importance of legislation in the digital age.  This includes his opinion on the system that separates broadcasting from communications. However, Mr. Kadokawa took part in the pioneering policy that fused communications and broadcasting...

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Opening a new round at the IP headquarters

 At the Intellectual Property Headquarter, a new round of talks has begun.  The government has started to move as a whole. The Agency for Cultural Affairs has formed a working group to discuss cloud services. The IT office plans to reevaluate its direction on the use of big data. Each of these policies requires a large strategy.  For example, for the copyright system we need a basic philosophy for handling all types of national intellectual property assets. Already, problems are arising between Google, the U.S., and Europe.  Cloud services...

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Content and National Strategy

  I released a book called “Content and National Strategy” as a Kadogawa EPUB book selection. It’s a compilation of the arguments in the government’s IP division over content policy and soft power.  The government made a cabinet decision regarding the policy regarding the direction and vision of Intellectual Property. This came 10 years after the headquarter of the Intellectual Property division was installed at cabinet secreariat. It summarizes the previous 10 years and sets the strategy for the next 10 years.  As chairman...

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Expanding programming education

 Google CEO Eric Schmidt could be seen on the campus of the Hiro Gakuen middle and high school in Hiro, Tokyo. This was because Google partnered with our NPO “CANVAS” to create a program to support programming education called “Let’s get used to computers.”  The goal was to teach programming to children between 6 and 15 years of age. We used the programming language “Scratch” on palm-sized inexpensive computers called Raspberry Pi. The goal is to use 5000 Raspberry Pi devices to give 25,000 students experience in programming.  “Scratch”...

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