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INDEX

1. Featured News　
● Our Perspective on the Minister’s Response
Regarding Digital Textbooks　● Now Accepting Participants for Online Symposium!
　https://lot.or.jp/feature/2676/
　・[June 10 Event] “The Power to Make Your Own Decisions”
to Thrive in an AI Era Without Clear Answers — NTT × TBS Tackle Next-Generation Edutainment with the “e6 Project” —

2. Project Activity
Reports ● Online Symposium Report Now Available!
　https://lot.or.jp/feature/2628/
　・University Libraries Are Heading
Toward “Museumification”　・The Current State of Educational Data Utilization in Japan and Leading Examples from the
U.S.　● Report on the Education ICT Parliamentary League’s First

General Meeting of FY2026 3 Announcements from Participating Companies and

Organizations 4 Learning of Tomorrow Channel　
● Online Symposium Videos Now Available!
　https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw

5 Recommended Related News

6 Media

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■ Opinion on the Minister’s Response Regarding Digital Textbooks: Learning

of Tomorrow’s Policy Team has published its opinion on the Minister’s response regarding
digital textbooks.
https://lot.or.jp/report/16546/

■ Announcement
of Online Symposium [June 10: “The Power to Decide for Oneself”
to Thrive in an AI Era Without Right Answers — NTT × TBS’s Next-Generation Edutainment “e6 Project”]

In an era where children ask AI for the “right” answer, what does “learning” actually mean?
　The spread of generative AI is forcing us to reexamine the very nature of education.
The “e6 project,
” a joint initiative by NTT and TBS, is a next-generation edutainment project born
from this question.
　We spoke with Mr. Kuniharu Suzuki of NTT Corporation, who launched and leads the “e6 project,” about the concerns that
sparked the idea, the details of the initiative, and its future prospects
.
https://lot.or.jp/report/16572/

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2. Project Activity Report
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■ Online Symposium Report Now Available! [University Libraries Will
Become More Like “Museums” in the Future] Mr. Tetsuya Toyota, Director of the


Nakajima Memorial Library at Akita International University, gave a lecture on
the future of university libraries, based on an overview of the Nakajima Memorial Library and its active learning spaces.
　First Half: https://lot.or.jp/project/16429/
　Second Half: https://lot.or.jp/project/16430/

[Current Status of Educational Data Utilization in Japan and Leading Examples from the U.S.]

Mr. Keizo Yoshida and Ms. Moe Izawa of Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC spoke about the current status of educational data utilization in
Japan,
while
Mr. Mitsuhisa Nozaki of the Educational Data Science program at the Stanford Graduate School of Education presented on examples of its use in the United States.
　Part 1: https://lot.or.jp/project/16513/
　Part 2: https://lot.or.jp/project/16514/

■ Report on the First General Meeting of the FY2026 Parliamentary League for the Promotion of ICT

in Education: Chairperson
Nanako Ishido and Executive
Director Ichiya Nakamura participated as advisors in the general meeting of the Parliamentary League for the Promotion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education.
　The group
held hearings with representatives from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Digital Agency regarding
the Reiwa 8 fiscal year budget for the “GIGA School Initiative” and the “Promotion of ICT Utilization in School Education,” as well as the future
of “digital textbooks,” and exchanged opinions on these topics.
　https://lot.or.jp/project/16579/

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3. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

■
[Call for Participants] Seminar Series 2026: “AI Expanding into the Real World: Convergence of Information Technologies and Social Applications”

The Information Processing Society of Japan plans to hold the Seminar Series 2026, “AI Expanding into the Real World:
Convergence of Information Technologies and Social Applications,” online (with some sessions held in a hybrid format) over
12 sessions from June through December.
　https://www.ipsj.or.jp/event/seminar/2026/appli.html
(Information Processing Society of Japan)

■ Google for Education: Latest News
, Seminar Announcements, and Gemini for Education Ideathon 2026—We are hosting the “Gemini for Education Ideathon 2026” to connect with colleagues committed to improving the quality of

education together, leverage Google’s
latest AI tools (Gemini / Google NotebookLM),
and bring
real-world challenges and innovative ideas to life.
　The event will be held in three regions, and top performers from each venue will be invited to the Tokyo Hackathon
presentation in August. Let’s create the future of education together.
https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/gemini-ideathon2026

・What’s NEW!? Google for Education Gemini Seminar Vol. 3
— From the First Step to Tangible Results: Case Studies from Leading Local Governments — Representatives from
two local governments—pioneers

in the use of generative AI nationwide—will share specific examples of how they’ve applied the technology in classrooms and school administration, as well as the trial-and-error process that
led to these implementations.
　https://rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/gfe-whats-new
(Google for Education)

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4. Learning of Tomorrow Channel
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Online Symposium Videos Now Available
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw

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5. Recommended Related News
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about Learning of Tomorrow
from Japan and abroad http://lot.or.jp/relation/

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■ 204th Online Symposium
, April 28: Concerns Over Blanket
Restrictions on ReseEd Digital Textbooks; Learning of Tomorrow Calls for Careful
Considerationhttps://reseed.resemom.jp/article/2026/04/28/13142.html

Click here for a
list of Media https://lot.or.jp/media/

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★　Notice from the Secretariat　★ The
General Incorporated Association
Learning of Tomorrow is currently accepting new members.
https://lot.or.jp/about/admission/

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of Tomorrow Email Newsletter Vol. 093 Publisher
: Learning of Tomorrow Association (General Incorporated Association
) Publication Date: May 15
, 2026 Editor-in-Chief: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Yuko Akamatsu
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