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May/June 2024 Issue |
Generative AI – Opportunities & Challenges |
- Publisher's Note
- How Do We Interact with AI?
- By Masakazu Toyoda
- Exclusive Interview
- From 30 Years of Stagnation to Sustainable Growth: Economic & Industrial Policies Supporting the Structural Transformation of the Japanese Economy
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ken Saito - By Naoyuki Haraoka
- Cover Lead
- Generative AI – Opportunities & Challenges
- By Naoyuki Haraoka
- Cover Story 1
- Roundtable with Dr. Yutaka Matsuo, Akiko Murakami, Chizuru Suga & Masakazu Toyoda(April 4, 2024)
Is AI a Friend or Foe of Humans? - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 2
- Interview with Christian Huebner, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
The Merits & Demerits of AI, & Preparing the Way for Its Social Implementation Worldwide - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 3
- Interview with Shinichi Yamaguchi, Associate Professor at the Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
Towards a Balanced AI Strategy That Achieves High Productivity, Creativity & a Just Society - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 4
- Interview with Kunihiro Tanaka, Founder & CEO, President, SAKURA internet Inc. (April 9, 2024)
Generative AI at the Core of Japan’s Startup & Growth Strategy - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Cover Story 5
- Interview with Jerry Sheehan, Director for Science, Technology and Innovation, OECD
OECD Supports Hiroshima AI Process to Achieve Better Social Well-Being - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Special Article 1
- Europe-China Relations: Trying to Reconcile Economic & Global Concerns in a Changing Bilateral Context
- By Reinhard Drifte
- Special Article 2
- Indian Jesuits in Japan
- By Mukesh Williams
- Special Article 3
- Taiwan’s Presidential Election & Future World Affairs
- By Shingo Ito
- Special Interview 1
- Interview with Ryuichiro Takeshita, Chief Global Editor of PIVOT (Feb. 7, 2024)
PIVOT – a Japanese Media Startup with Global Ambitions - By Japan SPOTLIGHT
- Special Interview 2
- Interview with Taizo Ohta, Chairman of the Executive Committee of FactorISM (Feb. 14, 2024)
Local Factories as Magnificent Entertainment Venues
- Economic Indictors for Japan
- Number of Japanese Permanent Residents Overseas Rising
- By Nobuo Iizuka
- Contents (#255)
- Generative AI – Opportunities & Challenges
- Back Cover
- Generative AI – Opportunities & Challenges
【Next Issue】 The July/August 2024 issue will highlight New International Order Through Collaboration Centered on Japan & the Global South. Out of the chaos of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, is there hope of restoring global peace and prosperity? What roles could Japan and the emerging Global South play in a potentially new international order? Our next issue will be published on our website on July 10, 2024.