Start of the CiP Metaverse

■ Start of the CiP MetaverseThe opening greetings from the Metaverse Project launch event are as follows.  The metaverse and Web3.0 have garnered attention as new policy issues.The transformation of virtual spaces into parallel worlds has been anticipated since the dawn of the Internet.Now, 25 years since Ultima Online and 15 years since Second Life, significant movement has accumulated.Facebook's announcement of its rebranding as Meta in 2021 flipped a switch.The metaverse has become a field drawing in new technologies such as VR, AR,...

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What the Broadcasting Report Indicates

■ What the Broadcasting Report IndicatesI would like to comment on the report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.Shared use of physical assets: Joint investment by NHK and commercial broadcasters　In 2006, commercial broadcasters were openly opposed to separation of physical and non-physical aspects. However, Michisada Hirose, chair of the Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association at the time, quietly called me aside and expressed a correct understanding that the change would mean the possibility of joint ownership of regional...

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Homework in Broadcasting, 15 Years Overdue

■ Homework in Broadcasting, 15 Years OverdueThe Study Group on the Ideal Broadcasting System in the Digital Age of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) released a draft report.The report recommends a revision of regulatory structures to expand options for management, as well as enhancement of flexibility in physical, content-related, and management aspects.I concur with this. The report was put together well.1. Study the shared use of physical assets, including joint investment by NHK and commercial broadcasters.2. Allow IP...

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Because They Wanted to Introduce Akiko Fuji as a Giant

 2024/11/3■ Because They Wanted to Introduce Akiko Fuji as a GiantShin Ultraman, directed by Shinji Higuchi and supervised by Hideaki Anno, was a masterpiece.Mr. Anno and I are the same age. Last autumn, I caught up with his doings at an exhibit at The National Art Center Tokyo.I also once asked Mr. Higuchi, who is four years younger, about his hobbies at a Keio University event.My attachment to the Ultraman of the 60s is even stronger than to Godzilla of the 50s and Kamen Rider of the 70s. I wanted a Flash Beam. I wanted to wear the...

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