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release them back into the wild, the city had to undergo a major change in developing and expanding farming land that either used very little or no agricultural chemicals. The brand of organically grown rice known as “Rice that Raises White Storks”
was produced and marketed. Now, efforts are being put into attracting businesses to
further promote the economic environment. The city is being developed as an environmental and economic city.
The number of cases described in the Platinum Society Handbook is more than
30. Case examples will continue to be gathered and analyzed. As well as providing
examples from diverse areas for reference, hopefully it will lead to the implementation of projects in many different locations.
From before, I have though that the ideal for various organizations is a distributed cooperative autonomous system. For example, in a human body, organs such as
the heart and the liver function autonomously but in its entirety, the system is created to be one life. In the management of organizations, although the individual
elements are active separately, it is better for the entire system to be properly balanced, as necessary. The Platinum Society Network is also based on this idea.
The Oki-Dozen Senior High School Appeal Project in Ama, the Zero Waste policy in Kamikatsu, the Miracle of Yanedan village, and the Platinum Triangle initiative centered around Futakotamagawa—what each of these locations is aiming for
is quite diverse. These diverse communities each exist independently of each other
but they are organically connected against a backdrop of information and freedom
of mobility. That distributed cooperative autonomous system is what the Japanese
Platinum Society looks like. Expanded to world-sized scale, it is the kind of world
we hope to achieve in the twenty-first century.
6.8 The Platinum Society and Vision 2050
Vision 2050, which was promoted at the end of the twentieth century, is a macro
vision derived from thinking sustainably about the Earth from the perspective of
materials and energy. At this time, lifestyles and social systems could not all be
included. However, in the 2000s, a vision was shown wherein Japan, as a problemsaddled developed country, should aim to become a leading country in resolving
societal problems instead. A clearer image of this is the Platinum Society (Fig. 6.17).
As has been touched upon earlier, the Platinum Society is already beginning to
sprout up in various locations around Japan. It is becoming accepted as a practical
vision and not simply some armchair theory. It goes without saying that the Platinum
Society will not be a reality if the Earth ceases to exist. A platinum kind of perspective is essential in regard to measures for ensuring Earth’s continued existence. In
other words, the series of visions that started with Vision 2050 are intertwined with
each other and combining them into one vision paints a much bigger picture of the
world.
The New Vision 2050, the main theme of this book, was born from such ideas as:
each individual pursues a Quality of Life; regions are each attractive in their own
6.8 The Platinum Society and Vision 2050
release them back into the wild, the city had to undergo a major change in developing and expanding farming land that either used very little or no agricultural chemicals. The brand of organically grown rice known as “Rice that Raises White Storks”
was produced and marketed. Now, efforts are being put into attracting businesses to
further promote the economic environment. The city is being developed as an environmental and economic city.
The number of cases described in the Platinum Society Handbook is more than
30. Case examples will continue to be gathered and analyzed. As well as providing
examples from diverse areas for reference, hopefully it will lead to the implementation of projects in many different locations.
From before, I have though that the ideal for various organizations is a distributed cooperative autonomous system. For example, in a human body, organs such as
the heart and the liver function autonomously but in its entirety, the system is created to be one life. In the management of organizations, although the individual
elements are active separately, it is better for the entire system to be properly balanced, as necessary. The Platinum Society Network is also based on this idea.
The Oki-Dozen Senior High School Appeal Project in Ama, the Zero Waste policy in Kamikatsu, the Miracle of Yanedan village, and the Platinum Triangle initiative centered around Futakotamagawa—what each of these locations is aiming for
is quite diverse. These diverse communities each exist independently of each other
but they are organically connected against a backdrop of information and freedom
of mobility. That distributed cooperative autonomous system is what the Japanese
Platinum Society looks like. Expanded to world-sized scale, it is the kind of world
we hope to achieve in the twenty-first century.
6.8 The Platinum Society and Vision 2050
Vision 2050, which was promoted at the end of the twentieth century, is a macro
vision derived from thinking sustainably about the Earth from the perspective of
materials and energy. At this time, lifestyles and social systems could not all be
included. However, in the 2000s, a vision was shown wherein Japan, as a problemsaddled developed country, should aim to become a leading country in resolving
societal problems instead. A clearer image of this is the Platinum Society (Fig. 6.17).
As has been touched upon earlier, the Platinum Society is already beginning to
sprout up in various locations around Japan. It is becoming accepted as a practical
vision and not simply some armchair theory. It goes without saying that the Platinum
Society will not be a reality if the Earth ceases to exist. A platinum kind of perspective is essential in regard to measures for ensuring Earth’s continued existence. In
other words, the series of visions that started with Vision 2050 are intertwined with
each other and combining them into one vision paints a much bigger picture of the
world.
The New Vision 2050, the main theme of this book, was born from such ideas as:
each individual pursues a Quality of Life; regions are each attractive in their own
6.8 The Platinum Society and Vision 2050