Japan's Youth Don't Want Creativity!

Adobe has announced some shocking research results concerning Japan's youth (12-18) demographic.

http://www.adobe.com/jp/news-room/news/201706/20170629-japan-gen-z.html

"Are you creative?"

US:47%, Germany:44％, UK:37％, Japan:8％

Only Japan’s youth don’t of themselves as creative.

"In the future would you like to have a job creating something?"

US:83%, Germany:75％, UK:70％, Japan:43％

Only Japan’s youth don't see themselves working in a creative job.

"Are there many jobs or careers that require creativity?"

US:77%, Germany:75％, UK:73％, Japan:31％

Only Japan's youth don't expect to need creativity.

"Are you ready for the future?"

US:73%, Germany:61％, UK:49％, Japan:16％

Only Japan's youth aren't looking towards the future.

"Will online activities be important to future careers?"

US:81%, Germany:80％, UK:73％, Japan:39％

Only Japan's youth aren't placing emphasis on the internet.

"Are things like active learning and practice exercises effective?"

US:78%, Germany:65％, UK:43％, Japan:35％

Japanese youth think the old-fashioned memorization focused education is adequate.

To sum all this up, they don't see themselves as creative, intend to create things, or find within themselves the possibility for creativity.

Not only that, but they aren't focused on the power of the internet, and think a memorization based education is good enough.

Unacceptable!

The previous Adobe International Survey brought into sharp relief this image of these youths seen as creative by the world, who nonetheless don't see themselves that way, and it was quite a shock.

However, after this year's survey I find myself in a darker mood. These are the attitudes of the next generation of youth to take up responsibility in society.

The 19th century's agricultural society focused on land. The 20th century's industrial society focused on resources.

Japan, possessing neither, sought to obtain them through war and suffered defeat.

The 21st century's information society will focus on creativity. The question is, what do we need to do to become a country that possesses it?

I believe that having the will to succeed and an education that facilitates it will be crucial.