I went ahead and made some remarks about the postal system.

 ■I went ahead and made some remarks about the postal system."Colloquium on the state of postal services in the digital age."A meeting hosted by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications was held where the government, which is treating digitization as its most important issue, made certain proposals to the Japan Post Group.Professor Emeritus Kazuteru Tagaya of Chiba University served as chair, and I served as deputy chair.I was asked to share my opinions at the beginning, so I did.Here's a self introduction.I joined the Ministry...

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The future of soft power policies

 ■The future of soft power policiesI was invited for a talk at the LDP's Soft Power Special Committee.Appearing there were people like Chairman Takeo Kawamura (former Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science), Toshiaki Endo (former Olympics Minister), Masahiko Shibayama (former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science), and Takeaki Matsumoto (former Minister of Foreign Affairs).I shared my personal...

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Looking back on Mr.Isao Okawa.

 ■Looking back on Isao Okawa.I read Nishi Kazuhiko's "Record of Regrets" and I found myself deeply reflecting on the fact that it's been 20 years since Mr.Isao Okawa passed away.He is a major entrepreneur who helped bring CSK, Sega, and Bell System 24 public, but there are fewer people who know about him nowadays.None of the students at iU likely know him.Yet it's a grave loss to forget about that old timer.When he died in March 2001, I spent a lot of time writing memorial messages for him.I left the government office and went to MIT, and...

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I recently read Dr.Kazuhiko Nishi's "Record of Regrets."

 ■I recently read Dr.Kazuhiko Nishi's "Record of Regrets."Record of Regrets is written by Dr.Kazuhiko Nishi.What would Mr. Nishi have to regret?An unprecedented and rambunctious person who was Bill Gates' right-hand man, competing with him and succeeding at growing ASCII, a company with a punk mentality, although it later sunk, but he still was undeterred.At least, that was my original thought, but it seems to be a serious look on the latter half of his life with a good dose of reflection.He had a lot of turbulent times.I have many people...

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