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Komiyama Japan has various challenges in education, including science learning
and English learning, and especially the problem of bullying. Primary school teachers are very capable, but they often have limited life experience. People who have
retired from companies, on the other hand, have a lifetime of experience, perhaps
including work assignments outside Japan. Bringing their assistance into the classroom could lead to big changes in our schools.
Sakane You’re right. There are quite a few of our former factory employees in the
area. These are the kinds of people whose service in education and public administration is indispensable for revitalizing local communities.
Komiyama In our aging society, naturally there is a lot of discussion about caregiving. But it’s also important to consider how active our seniors are. For example,
the Mayekawa Manufacturing Company has a series of very successful niche products that were developed mainly through collaborations of their former and current
employees. People who are working may be too busy, and drawing on the capacities
of our retirees who are blessed with free time will be a real key for growth.
Interview 3: Considering Ways to Solve Social Problems
There Is Much Room for Innovation of the Social System
Interview with Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Professor of Economics at Rissho University
By: Ryuji Konishi, Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Graduate School
Konishi This book was written in regard to how to realize a Platinum Society from
the viewpoint of science and technology. Human society has made progress, but
various new problems, such as global warming, have appeared. However, such
problems can be solved by science and technology. The basic structure of the logic
here is that if we can change the social mindset of how to use science and technology as it advances, an affluent circulating society would emerge in due course
within a couple of decades.
However, social structure, social systems, etc., are not adequately addressed
here. Basically, it really needs to engage with the issue of how we should understand
things that are not directly influenced by science and technology in order to secure
the Platinum Society. I requested this interview with you, Professor Yoshikawa,
because if I think that we must find a way to solve the latent problems related to
social security, health care and the like due to an aging population if Japan were a
leading country in resolving societal problems. Today I would like to ask you to
discuss how we should think about the relationship between taxation and social
security, as well as the framework of a market economy and the state.
Interview
Komiyama Japan has various challenges in education, including science learning
and English learning, and especially the problem of bullying. Primary school teachers are very capable, but they often have limited life experience. People who have
retired from companies, on the other hand, have a lifetime of experience, perhaps
including work assignments outside Japan. Bringing their assistance into the classroom could lead to big changes in our schools.
Sakane You’re right. There are quite a few of our former factory employees in the
area. These are the kinds of people whose service in education and public administration is indispensable for revitalizing local communities.
Komiyama In our aging society, naturally there is a lot of discussion about caregiving. But it’s also important to consider how active our seniors are. For example,
the Mayekawa Manufacturing Company has a series of very successful niche products that were developed mainly through collaborations of their former and current
employees. People who are working may be too busy, and drawing on the capacities
of our retirees who are blessed with free time will be a real key for growth.
Interview 3: Considering Ways to Solve Social Problems
There Is Much Room for Innovation of the Social System
Interview with Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Professor of Economics at Rissho University
By: Ryuji Konishi, Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Graduate School
Konishi This book was written in regard to how to realize a Platinum Society from
the viewpoint of science and technology. Human society has made progress, but
various new problems, such as global warming, have appeared. However, such
problems can be solved by science and technology. The basic structure of the logic
here is that if we can change the social mindset of how to use science and technology as it advances, an affluent circulating society would emerge in due course
within a couple of decades.
However, social structure, social systems, etc., are not adequately addressed
here. Basically, it really needs to engage with the issue of how we should understand
things that are not directly influenced by science and technology in order to secure
the Platinum Society. I requested this interview with you, Professor Yoshikawa,
because if I think that we must find a way to solve the latent problems related to
social security, health care and the like due to an aging population if Japan were a
leading country in resolving societal problems. Today I would like to ask you to
discuss how we should think about the relationship between taxation and social
security, as well as the framework of a market economy and the state.
Interview