Celebrating Japan Digital Days.

■ Celebrating Japan Digital Days.October 10th.Digital Day.The DIGITAL DAYS SUMMIT was held.100,000 people viewed the event on Nico Live, Youtube, and other platforms.Thank you very much.In conjunction with the Digital Agency’s “Digital Days ONLINE EVENT,” the CiP Council, of which I am a representative, explored the future of “entertainment x digital.”Kyary Pamyu, Hachioji P, Ichiro Yamaguchi of Sakanaction, and Magical Lovely sent their messages of support.The opening session was a discussion of the Digital Agency, hosted by Karen Makishima, the...

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Kyoto International Film and Art Festival

■ Kyoto International Film and Art FestivalLike a film festival, but not a film festival. It looks like an art exhibition, but it is not. When I asked what it was all about,“It’s all about film, art, and everything else,” was what I got in return. This is the Kyoto International Film and Art Festival.The festival was held without incident. As the chairman of the executive committee, I would like to express my gratitude.For two consecutive years since the Pacific War, the Gion Festival had to cancel the Yamahoko Junko procession.However, in...

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COVID-19, decluttering, Kyoto.

■ COVID-19, decluttering, Kyoto.A young acquaintance of mine has recently taken to decluttering.She says she is going to get rid of things, become minimalist and live lightly. She will move to a smaller place where she can live within easy reach of things.She says, “when you lose weight, you become healthy, and when you become light, you can travel. From objects to intangible things; eco-friendly and nomadic.All I need exists digitally.”That’s right.She also “decluttered” people by cutting them off. She said, “My main customer service...

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Introducing two punk films.

■ Introducing two punk films.Here are two punk music films I watched during the COVID pandemic.First is “AMERICAN UTOPIA,” a collaborative effort between David Byrne and Spike Lee.Love it.Love it.Love it.The Broadway production is 107 minutes long with 21 songs.Most of that time I spent crying.Am I a rare case because the live show I saw 40 years ago is ingrained in my mind and body?Not at all. Young people who see it for the first time will be shaken it by it.It was the best.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hB7Wl4BNSkThe stage and costumes are...

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Theory of JIZAI Body

■Theory of JIZAI Body“Theory of JIZAI Body” written by Masahiko Inami et al.The “Inami JIZAI Body Project” is led by Professor Inami, our boss at the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Advanced Study and the co-chairman of the Superhuman Sports Society.I was drawn in by the self-introductions by young scholars of brain, science, psychology, information engineering, mechanical engineering, information engineering, mechanical engineering, and media design, who gather under the umbrella of body informatics.In the modern era, technologies of transportation,...

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Introducing 2 books about AI and the body.

■ Introducing 2 books about AI and the body.I will introduce two publications about AI and the human body.“NEO HUMAN” by Peter Scott-Morgan.The book follows the author, of a scientist diagnosed with motor neurone disease, who transformed himself into a cyborg by replacing his body with a machine while supplementing his brain with AI. He lives virtually through voice synthesis, gaze input, and his own avatar.Rather than confronting his disease, he uses it as an opportunity to be born again, a challenge that paves the way toward the future of humanity. Even...

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The Fight Against GAFA’s Expansion

■ The Fight Against GAFA’s Expansion“The Fight Against GAFA’s Expansion,” written by Masako Wakae.A business book on how telecommunications, manufacturers, and eC companies suffered defeat.…which is what I misunderstood it to be, and was late in reading it.Journalism, academia, and policy theory follows nationalists from industry, academia, and government, who confronted the struggle for data supremacy and questioned national strategy. A good book, and a must-read for IT professionals.The secrecy of communications, freedom of expression, personal...

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The Century of Communication

■ The Century of CommunicationI read through “The Century of Communication: 150 Years of Information Technology and National Strategies” by Tetsuya Ohno. The attack and defense of communication sovereignty and infrastructure development since the Meiji era.Fierce political and military struggles between nations and dark conflicts between the political, public, and private sectors regarding the domestic telecommunications industry.Reading this makes the current GAFA measures seem childish.Teruo Ariyama’s “Information Hegemony and Imperial Japan,”...

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The establishment of an industry-academia-government forum on digital policy.

■ The establishment of an industry-academia-government forum on digital policy.The Digital Policy Forum, a discussion platform for digital policy among industry, academia, and the government, has been launched.The forum is a community for open online and offline discussion and proposal of cross-cutting themes related to social, economic, and digital issues such as technology.It is a place where wisdoms are connected and discussed, from which action can be taken.https://www.digitalpolicyforum.jp/Purpose: “In recent years, issues such as security...

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Symposium to celebrate the founding of the Digital Agency.

 ■ Symposium to celebrate the founding of the Digital Agency.“Digital Risk Forum” @ Takeshiba. Celebrating the founding of the Digital Agency.It has been exactly one year since the opening of the world’s first smart building in Takeshiba. We once again invited Mr. Takuya Hirai, a member of the House of Representatives, who was appointed as the first Minister of Digital Affairs shortly after his arrival at the event. https://newmediarisk.org/draforum2021I addressed the audience as the organizer of the event.“It was 10 years ago that the...

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The Media Content Market Today

■ The Media Content Market TodayThe 2021 edition of the "Japan and Global Media Contents Market Database" has been published by HUMANMEDIA.It estimates that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the size of the media content market in Japan has become ¥13,107.6 billion, which is a decrease of ¥661.2 billion (-4.8%) from the previous year.Let's read more.In 2020, "Entertainment and facilities," including movies and karaoke, etc., fell 43.3% from the previous year due to the impact of COVID-19. "Broadcasting" fell 12.2%, and "Software...

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20 years after 9/11 (September 11th), optimistic expectations.

■20 years after 9/11 (September 11th), optimistic expectations.I had optimistic slides that I was going to present back in Japan right after 9/11.September 11th, 20 years ago was the strongest season for the Internet in the United States, even though the Internet bubble had burst.I had an appointment with president of MaMaMedia, Inc., Idit Harel, a female entrepreneur and graduate of MIT. It was when I was approaching Manhattan after driving from Boston in the early morning, that I came across the terrorist attack.I have written about this several...

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The OTAKU SUMMIT was held

■The OTAKU SUMMIT was held Based in Ikebukuro Sunshine City, as Tokyo 2020's official cultural Olympiad.Representative of The International Otaku Expo Association (IOEA), Kazutaka Sato, was the president of the executive committee.I gave a congratulatory speech and talk at the opening.https://otaku-summit.jp/Plague in the 14th century. The authority of the church declined and the Renaissance was born.There was the birth of art and science. The Middle Ages departed, and the modern age arrived.What will COVID-19 produce?Artists and geeks are resting...

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Digital Transformation for Human Resource Development - What Should We Do?

■Digital Transformation for Human Resource Development - What Should We Do?Digital Nation Japan Forum.I appeared at the "Challenges of Digital Human Resource Development".Digital transformation of human resources ranks 63rd in the IMD ranking. What should we do do?With Member of Diet, Ms. Satsuki Katayama; Mr. Izumi, Head of the Information Economy Division of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Mr. Urakawa, Chairman of SOMPO Systems; and Mr. Mori, Corporate Executive Officer at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.Here are my comments.1....

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Participation in the (Art) Museum Policy.

■ Participation in the (Art) Museum Policy.Museum subcommittee of the council for cultural affairs. Number 1.I will participate from this term.We will discuss the promotion of museums, art galleries, zoos, etc.Prospects of what museums should be like after COVID-19, whilst taking on the major task to revise the Museum Act's registration and curatorial systems.I will give my personal views on the role art plays in the digital age.Three initial comments.1. legal reform.This clears up a long-standing concern. I support it.However, why has the system...

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The Stir of the Review of the Communications and Broadcasting Administration

■The Stir of the Review of the Communications and Broadcasting AdministrationI appeared at the Radio Symposium, "What was behind the Tohokushinsha Film Corporation/NTT entertaining of guests issue?"The panel consisted of Nobuo Ikeda (ex-NHK), Shin Yasunobe (ex-Ministry of International Trade and Industry), Takeshi Natsuno (ex-NTT Docomo), and myself (ex-Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications).The independent committee on communications and broadcasting was the point at issue.I will make a note of what was said and what was not said.The independent...

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Thank you, Tokyo 2020.

 ■Thank you, Tokyo 2020.After 57 years. It has been 8 years since the bid. The long-awaited Olympics.Success amidst the whirlwind of controversy over COVID-19.I shudder to think that the Olympics may not have been held without spectators or whatever.Athletes and sports are precious.I respect the young and vibrant men and women who fight beautifully against the negative reactions they receive.Thank you.I was in front of the display the whole time.One TV, three PCs, two tablets, and a smartphone.I also had another smartphone for taking pictures.I'm...

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