■The iU is now open. Six months have passed since that time.It has been six months since iU, also known as the Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation, opened.I had the opportunity to issue a report online to our 250 partner companies and 300 visiting faculty members.This is a university that fosters professionals industry experts who can usher in innovation through information, that is, ICT, in the domain of management,...

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A consortium of professional colleges has been established.

■A consortium of professional colleges has been established.The School Education Act was amended, and for the first time in 55 years, in 2019, a new type of university ("professional university/professional junior college") was created.Th iU (Professional University of Information and Management for Innovation), which I opened as president, is one of them. Eighty percent of full-time faculty members are real-world practitioners of the field they...

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”That is all for today.” The column has come to an end.

■ ”That is all for today.” The column has come to an end.The Digital Agency has been established. Physical name stamps and faxes have been done away with. Digitization of government. Digitization of education. Digitization of medicine. Promoting cashless payments.Digital-first is the government's number one challenge. It is now about priorities more than anything.I was even more deeply impressed.After all, that is what I had been lobbying for all...

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These are educational manga, too!

■These are educational manga, too!50 selected works from the "These are educational manga, too!" project.The selections include Machiko Satonaka, Takafumi Horie, and Yohei Sadoshima.bit.ly/3qNYFOeHakozumeKeep your hands off Eizouken!Dance Dance DanseurBlue PeriodI wrote some comments about For Immortal Children in the Galaxy, so I'll share them here.○Keep your hands off Eizouken!bit.ly/3n6xXOVThis is a chronicle of some high school girls’ club activities,...

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The CiP Manifest has been released.

 ■The CiP Manifest has been released.The CIP Council, which forms the Pop & Tech Special Zone, has released the CIP Manifesto.Following the opening of an industry-academia collaboration center in a smart building in Takeshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, it summarizes the activities of the past 5 years and seeks to launch priority projects going forward.Initially, CiP set up a 10-article CiP Vision, and pursued various activities based around those...

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Learning of Tomorrow issues the Post-COVID Education Promotion Statement

■Learning of Tomorrow issues the Post-COVID Education Promotion StatementLearning of Tomorrow, of which I am the managing director, issued the Post-COVID Education Promotion Statement.Learning of Tomorrow has continued to make recommendations for education IT for 10 years, if we count the length of time the Association of Digital Textbook and Teaching, the body it absorbed, was in operation.I was an early advocate for the institutionalization of digital textbooks and the creation of a "one person, one computer" system, and lobbied the government...

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Commentary: Information and Telecommunications White Paper

■Commentary: Information and Telecommunications White PaperThe following is my commentary on the Information and Telecommunications White Paper.This follows up on the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Information and Telecommunications White Paper advisors meeting.I made three comments on this year's white paper.1. First, two positives.It suggested a positive interpretation, namely that the social changes due to COVID-19 are creating...

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Minister of Digital Affairs Hirai and others Gathered to Announce the CiP Manifesto.

 ■Minister of Digital Affairs Hirai and others Gathered to Announce the CiP Manifesto. The CiP Council, based in the cutting-edge smart building "Tokyo Port City Takeshiba," held an opening event.The CiP Council has been working to establish a center for "Content x Digital" in the special national strategic zone of Takeshiba.Since its founding in 2015, many projects have been carried out simultaneously. The CiP Council has been triggering innovation in the content industry and as a hub connecting media, IT, universities, public authorities,...

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A Cutting-Edge Smart Building in Takeshiba has Opened.

 ■A Cutting-Edge Smart Building in Takeshiba has Opened. Tokyo Port City Takeshiba, a cutting-edge smart building full of robots, AI, and IoT, has opened.The building was built by Tokyu Land Corporation and Kajima Corporation on 1.5 hectares of land owned by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on the shore of Tokyo Bay. The CiP Council (which I represent), a group of 50 companies and organizations, helped the Tech & Pop plan and design of the building.Of the 40 floors, the lower floors have halls and exhibition halls, and CiP will be on...

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Five DX Articles Expected from the Administration

 ■Five DX Articles Expected from the Administration The Fourth Industrial Revolution is the story of modernity's inner circle, but Society 5.0 is a theory of civilization from the ancient hunting days.It is a term that refers to the next step after industry and information, that is, the next step after modernity.Society 5.0 is a major historical turning point.The last 30 years have been a defeat in terms of digital technology.The coronavirus situation was helpful in that it shed light on the situation.We lagged behind implementing digitalization...

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The World's first IoT Broadcasting

 ■The World's first IoT Broadcasting IPDC transmits information and data using the communication protocol IP on broadcast radio waves.I founded IPDC as the chairman in 2009.Ten years have passed since then, and some specific actions are starting to be in motion.Broadcasters such as TBS, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Kansai Telecasting Corporation, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, and TV Shinshu, content companies such as Space Shower and Sony, advertising companies such...

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White Paper on Information and Communication Concerning 5G Technology under the Coronavirus

 ■White Paper on Information and Communication Concerning 5G Technology under the Coronavirus The White Paper on Information and Communications has been released.The theme of the special feature topic was “Digital Transformation and Construction of New Daily Life Prompted by 5G.” It looks ahead to new lifestyles and ways of working under the coronavirus and analyzes the impact of 5G. Trends toward "Beyond 5G" are also introduced.On the foundation of 5G, we have been aiming to improve efficiency and add value to industries using AI, big data,...

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Copyright System Needs Action before Discussion

 ■Copyright System Needs Action before Discussion In the previous round of The Basic Policy Subcommittee of the Copyright Council for Cultural Affairs, the subcommittee made great progress in revising the Copyright Act to take measures against piracy, including countermeasures against leech sites and making it illegal to download infringing content. Furthermore, in response to the informatization of education, it allowed schools to use copyrighted works without a license.We are now in the middle of the next round.The following highly challenging...

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Kyotango City and iU have signed an agreement.

 ■Kyotango City and iU have signed an agreement. Kyoto faces a sea. The northern end of the region faces the Sea of Japan. It’s called the Tango Peninsula.Kyotango City and iU signed an agreement and held a signing ceremony.Kyotango City said the agreement's mission is to revitalize the city's industries and promote ICT education.The agreement's contents are comprehensive and promote education, culture, sports, industry, human resource development, and city planning/environment/life improvements through AI and ICT.It is unusual for a university...

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The Super e-Sports School has been launched.

 ■The Super e-Sports School has been launched. The Learning of Tomorrow and the Japan e-Sports Union, JeSU, have partnered to establish the “Super e-Sports School.”Communities of universities, colleges, elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools interested in e-sports are formed. With the participation of experts, joint curriculums will be created, and research will be conducted.Recently, e-Sports is becoming popular in Japan, and a series of large competitions, formations of professional teams, and corporate participation...

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