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2024.09.09
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・Foreign Languages Are Now Left to AI: Chinese Universities Are Successively Suspending Admissions for Foreign Language Majors (DGLAB HAUS)

・Japan Ranks 13th Globally in "High-Quality" Research Papers, Trailing Only Iran; Though at an All-Time Low, a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Research Institute Notes a "Stabilizing Trend"… Natural Sciences Field (Yomiuri Shimbun Online)

・Entrepreneurship Education in High School Business Programs: The Key Is “Recognizing Possibilities”—Broadening the Base of Entrepreneurship Even for Those Who Aren’t Superstars (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・8.8 billion yen for school network improvements and other initiatives, including the transition to computer-based testing (CBT) for the National Academic Achievement Test—FY2025 Preliminary Budget Request (Education and ICT Online)

・Japan’s First Large-Scale Language Model, “tsuzumi,” Introduced into Educational Settings: Tokyo University of Communications and NTT East Collaborate to Enhance Online Learning Environments (Children and IT)

・GIGA School "One Device Per Student" Program: Differences in Preparation Due to Joint Procurement Raise Concerns About Potential "Supply Disparities"; Implementation to Be Concentrated in FY2025; Concerns Over Price Hikes Due to Yen Weakness (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・Increase the number of doctoral students conducting advanced research in fields such as AI and the life sciences… The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will provide financial support to 14 graduate schools for seven years (Yomiuri Shimbun Online)

・A Former Vice Principal’s Dedicated Efforts to Link Out-of-Classroom Learning for Students Who Refuse to Attend School to Their Grades: Opening a Free School and Actively Collaborating with Traditional Schools (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

・[Musashino University] Cultivating Talent Capable of Utilizing AI Regardless of Academic Discipline! Presentation and Graduation Ceremony for the Second Cohort of the “Minor Program (AI Application Expert Course)” to Be Held on Monday, September 9, at Building 5 on the Ariake Campus (PRTIMES)

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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.”