Strategy for media growth in the era of super smart technology

 ■ Strategy for media growth in the era of super smart technology I have come to talk about the integration of communications and broadcasting for the first time in two years, after being invited by the Investment WG under the Council for Regulatory Reform.As the meeting will not be open to the public, we will take notes to the extent they do not exceed the content briefed by the secretariat to reporters after the WG. After the previous discussion, the Broadcast Act was revised, and NHK simultaneous broadcasting started. It was a great...

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Kuni-umi Manga World Cup, 1st Award Ceremony!

 ■ Kuni-umi Manga World Cup, 1st Award Ceremony! The "National Kuni-umi Manga World Cup".The first award ceremony was held on Awaji Island.The aims are to spread "Awaji Island Japan Heritage" through manga, and have exchange between domestic and foreign people by utilizing history and folklore.http://kuniumi-mangaworldcup.jp/It was held in two categories, "Awaji Island Japan Heritage Category" and "The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki/Man'yoshu Category".Stories based on "The Myth of the Birth of a Nation", etc., of Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture,...

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Now, Cool Japan Strategy - At the Liberal Democratic Party (Part 2)

 ■ Now, Cool Japan Strategy - At the Liberal Democratic Party (Part 2) Presentation at a Special Committee for the promotion of the Liberal Democratic Party's Cool Japan Strategy, continued.Here are two reference cases.Firstly, e-sports.The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry-JeSU holds a review meeting.Growing direct sales from the current ¥4.4 billion to ¥70 billion in 2025, and the ripple effect on markets such as product sales and education to ¥300 billion, is the target that has been set. The industry-government-academia actions,...

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The Report for the esports Evaluation Meeting Has Come Together.

■The Report for the esports Evaluation Meeting Has Come Together. The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and JeSU, the Japan esports Union, hosted the “esports Stimulation Evaluation Meeting.”I have finished putting together my report on the 5 meetings that I served as the Chairman for.This may be the first governmental report related to esports in the world.Here is a summary of the market size outlook and actions for development.The committee members came from various fields, as participants included professional esports players, team representatives,...

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I Visited the Kaiyodo Headquarters

■I Visited the Kaiyodo Headquarters “Kaiyodo” is a company that Japan boasts to the world.They have worked with Jurassic Park, Gamera, and the American Museum of Natural History, while their Choco Egg became a big hit, leading to its development as gashaponI visited Shuichi Miyawaki, who holds the title of Managing Director despite being the Representative Director, to ask him to cooperate with iU and become a Super Visiting Professor.Their headquarters are in Kadoma, Osaka.It is the first modern building built by “Kongo Gumi,” the world’s oldest...

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The discussion stage has been shifted to digital education by COVID-19.

 ■The discussion stage has been shifted to digital education by COVID-19. The bipartisan ICT in Education Parliamentary Assembly was held.Diet members and government officials participated in person, while a total of 40 private sector advisors and media, including myself, participated via the web.From "ICT in Education" to "Super Education".The main point of the discussion was this: Let’s think about post-COVID-19 education where that assumption “you go to school, you use textbooks, and teachers teach you” is not real anymore. It's...

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One PC per student will come true.

■One PC per student will come true. All-party parliamentary group for ICT utilization in education at the Diet Members' Office Building. Chairperson Endo, Secretary General Moriyama, Secretary General Ishibashi, former Ministers of MEXT Nakagawa, Kawamura, Hase and Shiotani, former members of MEXT, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) and METI, and others participated.Following the enactment of last year's "the Act for the Promotion of Information Technology in Education," there was a big step forward in the form of a...

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My comments on COVID-19, Part 2: Your Generation

 ■My comments on COVID-19, Part 2: Your Generation Since I was so free and had so much time due to the stay-home by the coronavirus, I watched "My Generation" directed by David Bhatti.The 1960s was a time when the younger generation smashed the old system. Not only in London, but around the world. Not only music, but also movies, fashion, and politics. Yes, and universities, too. What made them do it? Economic growth, population explosion, urban concentration, industrialization, media evolution, and democratization. At least it wasn't because...

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