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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