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Society 5.0: Japan’s Roadmap for the Future

Japan’s government believes that technological innovation has been the driving force of societal change. First the agricultural revolution, then the industrial one. Now, the rise of the internet has led us to the information age.

But with the unprecedented speed of technological advances, Japan’s government believes civilization is again at the dawn of a new era. Soon, almost everything will be able to be digitally connected. At the same time, through tools

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