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Toward
the Formation of a Mutual Trust-Creating Society
—Exercising Integrated Innovation Power—
(October 14, 2003)
21st Century Social Vision Committee (Chairman: Hiroshi Kato) |
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Based
on the assumption that the “creation of mutual trust”
in Japanese society is essential to revitalize Japan’s
economic society, this report suggests “the formation
of a mutual trust-creating society” as Japan’s new
goal to be achieved by 2025. It also recommends the development
of an integrated productivity index to monitor this process.
The report urges the shift in Japan’s economy from a
“material- and money-orientated society” to a new
socio-economic paradigm valuing such intangible assets as
knowledge, mutual trust, and awareness of the environment.
Based on this understanding, it proposes that Japan create
an integrated innovative power (comprehensive/integrated productivity)
which dynamically integrates intellectual power (knowledge
productivity), civil power (social productivity) and environment-conserving
power (resource recycling productivity, environmental efficiency)
as indices for future socio-economic development. It should
be noted that this social vision is presented as a dynamic
strategic issue that must be constantly reexamined, as the
21st century is full of ever-changing uncertainties.
In response to this report, the JPC-SED intends to create
specific indices for comprehensive productivity and for each
of the new productivity concepts. |
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Composition of the report |
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report is comprised of the following three parts. |
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| <Part I> |
Environment surrounding
Japan in the 21st century and related issues —> Assessment
of the present situation |
| <Part II>
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Goal for a renewed
Japan: Forming a mutual trust-creating society —>
Presentation of a social image |
| <Part III>
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Action plan for
a mutual trust-creating society —> Proposal of an
action plan to achieve the goal |
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I> Assessment of the present situation |
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I assesses Japan’s present situation in the beginning
of the 21st century, and indicates a change to a “post”
money- and material-oriented society paradigm. “Intangible
assets” such as knowledge, mutual trust, environment,
brand, and social responsibility should replace money and
materials, and the values of these intangible assets must
be given priority to raise productivity and attain new developments.
Among them, “mutual trust” in particular, is emphasized
as the most important intangible asset for the development
of society. |
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II> Presentation of a social image for the 21st century |
Based
on the assessment of the present situation, Part II presents
“mutual trust-creating society” as the goal of a
renewed Japan to be achieved by 2025, or in other words, as
Japan’s new social image.
It regards the imminent population decrease as an opportunity
to enhance the quality of people’s lives and to achieve
a more comfortable lifestyle. Toward this end, Part II stresses
the importance of enabling women and senior citizens to realize
their potentials, as well as the need to create a comprehensive
civil power (comprehensive/integrated innovation power) through
people-oriented renovations and educational reforms utilizing
IT. |
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III> Proposal of an action plan to achieve the goal |
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III gives the following four keywords to describe the framework
of a specific action plan for forming a mutual trust-creating
society: (1) intellectual power (knowledge productivity),
(2) civil power (social productivity), (3) environment-conserving
power (resource recycling productivity and environmental efficiency),
and (4) integrated innovation power (integrated productivity)
which integrates the above three powers. It proposes the creation
of such indices as an important task for the future. |
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| Figure:
Integrated innovation power as an integration of three powers |
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