Atsushi Deguchi

This chapter elaborates on the general thought process behind Society 5.0 and lists the relevant nomenclature. As per the Japanese government literature, Society 5.0 should be one that, “through the high degree of merging between cyberspace and physical space, will be able to balance economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by providing goods and services that granularly address manifold latent needs regardless of locale, age, sex, or language.” The vision of Society 5.0 requi

This chapter overviews the history of smart city and smart community projects implemented in Japanese cities since Japanese national government had initiative through the subsidies and supports for the pilot projects promoted by municipalities following the Kyoto Protocol. It reviews that the original technologies of smart grids, microgrids, and smart house, which were created by integrating IT with the energy management system, have been implemented into the pilot projects of the first generati

This chapter illuminates how Society 5.0 will transform our cities and lives through introducing the research works developed by industry–academia collaboration “H-UTokyo Lab,” which is a joint undertaking by Hitachi and the University of Tokyo. In this chapter, researchers from the field of engineering discuss the basic thought process behind the research projects aimed at addressing social problems in each section, including those related to the aging population, the need to go carbon free, an

As a final part, this chapter discusses the goals and the issues in the process of realizing Society 5.0 from the view of happiness of human being in harmonizing with the society, and concludes by overviewing the significance of Society 5.0 and its outlook as a policy for the data-driven society promoted by digital revolution. Section 8.1 mentions the issues in the happiness to be provided with human being through data-driven society, and points out that it is needed to clarify the approach thro

As a consequence of the digital revolution, we predict the dynamic change of our daily lives and consuming activities, and moreover we have foresight on the possible impact to our economic systems and human relations. Section 6.2 discusses the impact of unbundled innovation to the economy and the factors underpinning the unbundled economic activities, and approaches the advantages and issues of the digital platform to be installed in the economic system of a data-driven society. Section 6.3 appr