Yuta Hirayama is a Smart City Project Lead at the World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan. Prior to the Forum, Yuta led new business development in the private sectors, as well as startup ecosystems and smart city projects at Fukuoka, D.C, Japan. At the Forum, Yuta has engaged in the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance (GSCA) since March 2019, while actively involved in social implementation of technology as a visiting associate professor at Nagoya University, visiting associate professor at Kumamoto University, and research fellow at Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies (ISIT).
Japan’s “Digital Ministry” and other initiatives like the Super City Law are designed to pave the way for the country’s long-overdue digital transformation
日本は、世界的に見ても技術進歩が目覚ましく、国民がデジタル政策の必要性を強く認識しているにもかかわらず、パブリックセクターや多くの民間セクターにおいてデジタル時代への取り込みが遅れています。デジタル社会の実現に向けた、この新たなイニシアティブは「Society 5.0」の名で知られるビジョンに基づき、デジタルテクノロジーの可能性と人間のニーズの統合を目指しています。
