I was appointed the President of the International Society of Public Economics

■I was appointed the President of the International Society of Public EconomicsI was elected as the President of International Society of Public Economics.The International Society of Public Economics was founded in 1986 as the Japanese branch of CIRIEC, which is headquartered in Liège, Belgium and has branches in 13 countries around the world.http://ciriec.com/It started in Europe, so much of their research has apparently been on traditional infrastructure sectors such as transportation and waterworks, but since I am involved, I would like to...

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What Will Happen? Media x Content in Japan and the World

■What Will Happen? Media x Content in Japan and the WorldI spoke on stage at an event called “What Will Happen? Media x Content in Japan and the World”Q What did coronavirus do to the music industry?A Concerts stopped. Music went through the digital wave before any other industry and changed its business model. They let you listen to music through streaming and make money through concerts and merchandise. However, merchandising at concerts and venues was no longer possible, which was another big blow. I would like to ride this out. The most important...

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Copyright policy compatible with the DX era

■Copyright policy compatible with the DX eraThe Council for Cultural Affairs has announced a copyright system and policies that are compatible with the DX era.Aiming to create a virtuous cycle of content creation, they deliberated on simple, unified rights processing policy.This laid out direction in a big way.A system that creates a cross-sector, unified help desk and also constructs a rights information database.Until a few years ago, discussions on copyright focused heavily on institutional theory and were confined to cliques.Now, the focus...

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NTT’s IOWN and the Olympics

■NTT’s IOWN and the OlympicsNTT R&D FORUM2021. I visited the Musashino Communications Research Center. “IOWN” was the focus this time as well.It is a technology-driven vision laid out by the President Sawada system.This is the next big concept after INS from new media in the 80s, VIP from multimedia in the 90s, and NGN from broadband in the 2000s.Network renovation through “all-optical” that surpasses IPs, and “digital twins” that create models in cyberspace that are the same as in real space.Technologies such as AI, VR/AR, quantum computers,...

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