Content manufacturing hub to be constructed in Takeshiba, Tokyo

 The Takeshiba CiP project, which was conceived to create a digital/contents cluster in Takeshiba at the Tokyo Bay area, has begun http://takeshiba.org/  CiP. C stands for Contents, i stands for innovation, and P stands for Program. This is an idea to revolutionize society through contents. To put it in other words, C also stands for Creative, i also stands for innovative, and P also stands for Pop. It is a plan to redevelop an area 1.5ha in size in the city of Tokyo, and should be open in 2019, right before the Tokyo Olympics.  Contents....

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Japan's Internet coolness

 The NHK program "Cool Japan" has celebrated its 10th year since it started airing.  The theme of the program that day was "Internet communication".  ◯CJ represents the discussion points made by Cool Japan, whereas ● represents the comments that I made on the program. ◯CJ: What are the special characteristics of Internet communication in Japan? ●People from all over the world are using the Internet via their smartphones now, but Japan achieved that much earlier, with connections between mobile phones and the Internet being made...

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"Strategic Shift"

  I have read "Strategic Shift" by Yoko Ishikura, a former professor at the Graduate School of Media Design of Keio University. The book explains how corporate strategies in the future will move from OR choices to the AND paradigm by means of open systems.  The pursuit of profits or corporate responsibility, global or local, mega-hits or the long tail, masses or individuals. According to Ishikura, these contradicting ideas that once had an OR relationship will become able to coexist with each other in the AND paradigm, and ICT...

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Smart broadcasting in the present

 The Internet and Digital Research Institute of the Commercial Broadcasters' Association has just held an event. As the chairman of this institute, I investigated combined plans for transmission and broadcasting together with 8 commercial broadcasting companies that were part of the membership.  3 years ago, discussions within the Research Institute were mainly about how Japan should deal with the overseas import of smart televisions from Google and Apple. The talks were about IT incorporating TV.  2 years ago, the focus of the discussions...

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