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 second Digital Minister who took office a week ago, among others.

The Digital Agency staff introduced an analog case in which it took an agency employee 90 minutes to get a parking certificate.

Hiroyuki introduced administrative online procedures in France. I though France was the country of inconvenience, but I was pleasantly shocked. 

Now, then, the event we hosted.

Digital performances by VJs, DJs, and VFX artists in a virtual XR space from BLACKBOX, a state-of-the-art distribution studio with permanent 4-sided LEDs.

Live entertainment by DJ CARTOON and YELLOCK was a highlight.

The talks by SUGIZO of LUNA SEA/X JAPAN, Tatsuro and Miya, and Digihari President Tomoyuki Sugiyama were also thrilling.

Many people must have been taken aback by the video of SHAG, a jam band led by SUGIZO.

I was also a speaker at the “Superhuman Sports Session: Digital and the Body.”

Attended by the Superhuman Sports regulars Professor Masahiko Inami of the University of Tokyo, Professor Kota Minamizawa of Keio University, President Yoshiaki Sawabe of 1→10, and Shinji Neki, the Vice Mayor of Paralympic Village.

What is digital human extension? What is the jizai (autonomized) body? What is Tech & Pop sports?

Seven years ago, on October 10th, Physical Education Day, 50 years after the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, superhuman sports made their start.

Physical Education Day became Digital Day. Incorporating the digital into the physical body.

After the new Tokyo Olympics, the next stop is Paris. The year after that, the Osaka Expo.

Let’s connect them in an interesting way.

In preparation for the Digital Days ONLINE EVENT, a “Digital Day Exploratory Committee” was established at the Digital Agency.

Jun Murai was the chairperson and I was the acting chairperson.

Although discussed by a diverse group of members including Yoichi Ochiai and Hiroyuki, the DIGITAL DAYS SUMMIT was planned and implemented almost entirely by private volunteers, mainly from the music industry.

At the end of the event, we welcomed online Takuya Hirai, the first Minister of Digital Media, who was in Kagawa with producer Shogo Mizuno.

He has done a tremendous job in facing the longstanding challenge of public-private partner ship and breaking down stove-piping in the Kasumigaseki area, and successfully implemented this event in one year by allocating the necessary laws, budget, and personnel.

Thank you very much for your hard work.