■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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