CREATIVE KIDS TOP Other TOKYO 2020 Torch Relay / Torch Kiss

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2021.07.21
TOKYO 2020 Torch Relay / Torch Kiss

We had hoped that TOKYO 2020 would showcase Japan as a “leader in solving social challenges” by leveraging cutting-edge technology and serve as a platform to contribute to the world. Then, at that very moment, the global spread of the novel coronavirus occurred. I felt that the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games had taken on a new mission: the mission to demonstrate what a post-pandemic society should look like through collaboration with a diverse range of people from around the world.

I hope that the younger generation will bid farewell to the outdated values of the past and build a new society through co-creation rather than division.

There are all kinds of people in the world. There are all kinds of lifestyles. There are all kinds of ways of thinking.

I hope to show the next generation a world where people—transcending national and organizational boundaries and breaking down ethnic and cultural barriers—speak with one another, connect, and interact to create a new society.

Inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, I launched both “Chomorrow—Change tomorrow” and “B Lab.” Hoping for Olympic and Paralympic Games where people from all over the world can collaborate while remaining physically dispersed, I participated in the Olympic and Paralympic torch relay and torch kiss.

https://sports.nhk.or.jp/olympic/torch/runners/ac68v708/


　

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  • Digital Picture Book Author

    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.”