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2025.04.21
Learning of Tomorrow News

・University of Tokyo students propose business and service ideas for 2030 using generative AI. Data hackathon held to nurture the next generation of AI talent (SoftBank News)

・Real-time Analysis of Children’s Emotions: AI Assistant Tailored to Learners Unveiled for the First Time at EDIX Tokyo (Children and IT)

• “Strict school rules” can also be a factor in school refusal: A middle- and high-school combined school that switched to a “no-dress-code” policy. “Seeing the clothes everyone likes made me think, ‘I want to get to know that person better’” (TBS NEWS DIG)

・Nitobe Bunka Elementary School, Where Students “Create the Rules”: Aiming for “Success Through Changing the System”; Teachers Express Concern Over the Prevailing View That “Society Can’t Be Changed” (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・Tokyo Shoseki Releases “Textbook AI Wakaru,” an AI-Powered Interactive Learning Service Tailored to Each Individual Learner (Kyoiku Katei Shimbun)

・To Help “Children with Developmental Disabilities” Build Self-Confidence… “Simple Tips” for Accumulating [Small Successes] (Toyo Keizai ONLINE)

・MIXI and Gakken Partner in the Education Sector; Joint Research on Conversational AI Robot “Romi”; Development Version of Collaborative Model to Debut at the Comprehensive Education Expo (Robosta)

・About 10% of the population: How should schools teach this? “LGBTQ+” education on sexual diversity, which is increasingly covered in textbooks—What teachers should keep in mind if a student comes out to them (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・"Social Network for Student Entrepreneurs" Launched by Yale University Raises 450 Million Yen in Pre-Seed Funding (Forbes JAPAN)

・Will AI Change Education? Using “Image-Generating AI” in Art Appreciation Classes (Japan Education News)

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”