地球村創生ビジョン

Earth Village
VisionA propos a l from J apan to th e wor ld
To f ulﬁll Japan’s mis s io n a n d resp on sib ilit y - To u n ite a ll p eop le
To tackle g lo bal issu es - To c rea te a n E a r th Villa g e

Ear t h Vi l l age Vision Com m itt e eNati onal La n d P la n n in g As s o cia t io n

Part 1 The Earth Village Vision

The World Today
A dividing international community

The emergence of huge capital markets due to economic globalization➡Changes to the world’s socio-economic system
Globally: Industry reorganization, increasing cross-border movement of workers,
materials, and money, the digital revolution, the Big Four tech companies,
anti-globalization, the rise of populism, division in the international
community, confusion across the world, a retreat from multilateral cooperation
In Japan: International division of labor, limitations of an economic development model
dependent on industrial productivity

5G, IoT, AI - Technology development and drawbacks
Surveillance society, data leaks, unemployment anxiety, and mistrust

Climate change – We have no time left

Addressing Global Challenges with SDGs
(Sustainable Development Goals)

There are so many challenges: poverty, starvation, gender equality, natural disasters, environmental issues, terrorism
All sectors around the world are strengthening their SDGs initiatives. Japan must also work on solving these problems.

The Japanese view of nature, society, history
and culture, and its rich natural environment● The “Satoyama” hilly heartland culture since the Jomon period (8,000 B.C. to 300 B.C.)- People and nature coexist in the hills of their homeland● World Heritage Hiraizumi and its Pure Land Ideals (Harmony between humans, harmony

between man and nature, a desire for peace)● The creation of a recycling-oriented society in

The Japanese
Value System

the Edo period (1603 to 1867)● Blessed in various ways by the forest and the sea
We have created a value system● Integration of production areas, residential areas,that can be widely accepted
and the environment, centered on rice paddies
around the world● A food culture linked to nature and local events● A history of incorporating different cultures and civilizations

A proposal from Japan to the world
Creating an Earth Village
The proposal: Creating an Earth Village
We propose to the world to create an Earth Village. This will fulﬁll Japan’s
mission and responsibility, unite all people, and tackle global issues.
A divided international community, the crisis of climate change
Mankind needs to gather their wisdom to solve these problems● All of mankind shares a desire for peace and the pursuit of truth⇩
We propose the creation of an Earth Village to achieve the common purpose of humanity,
triggered by an Earth Project where people from all over the world would gather●

Global City: A city that aims for economic
hegemony in a capitalist world system↔

Earth Village – an antithesis to the Global City

Earth Village: A village seeking to achieve our common
purpose and the coexistence andcooperation of all mankind

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The Thinking Behind the Proposal

Three Principles

We’re striving to tackle various world problems through placing the idea for an Earth Village within our conceptof land planning within Japan. This village would be a place where diverse people from around the world would
gather – no matter their race, ethnicity, religion, or language. Here, they would work to solve problems.
Calling in people from all over theworld, overcoming all barriers

An Earth Village, created in Japan with its richnatural environment① The Earth ProjectContributing to human progress and securing a Japanesepresence in international societ

Calling diverse people to an Earth Project, which
would be something that tackles common
problems within education, environment, healthand medical care, science and culture① Unite people from around the world and challenge ourselves to solve problems
・A place for exploring our universal and fundamental desire to open up new
frontiers, and for working on mankind’s problems
・Uniting people from around the world, no matter what nationality, region, race, ethnicity, religion and language② Give dreams and hope to the next generation and contribute to human progress
・A place for developing global talent, where diverse talents gather and work on problems

・Give dreams and hope to the children in the world and send that message to the global stage.
Welcome children from all over the world③ Gather various talent from around the world. Work towards innovation

centered on human beings

Earth Village is a model for new Japanese national land planning⇩② Creating the Earth Village

・Build face-to-face relationships in a beautiful natural environment. A place
for innovation centered on human beings, where we can just be human

A new homeland that implements advanced technology inits quest to achieve the SDGs
Presenting a model to the world of the future should be likeWith the Earth Project as the center, we will expand ourefforts to other offshoot initiatives and related projects
Striving to solve various problems on a global-scale

・Incorporate advanced technology like digital transformation and AI. Unite diverse humanresources in various ﬁelds from around the world.

Fight Against

Climate Change

Achieve
SDGs

Basic Stance① Develop communities where everyone takes a role in working together

・Develop a future-looking system of area management that involves foreigners living in thisarea as full-ﬂedged actors in the system, as well as stakeholders living outside the area
・Develop communities that keep innovating – a place where people live and work comfortably,and prioritizes people’s high level desires incorporating advanced Society 5.0 technology
such as automatic driving, 5G② Develop international human resources for the next generation

Human Resource
Development

・Welcome people of various walks of life, and train Earth Villagers who will work with each other to improve・Train workers who will be inclusive and open to the world, as well as young people, skilledworkers, and students to have an international mindset③ Lead towards achieving SDGs and communicate the “Satoyama Initiative”

Innovation①The Earth Project
Calling diverse workers
to this multicultural project②Creating the Earth Village

Earth Village

Work with people
around the world

・A village that makes uses of tree resources, renewable energy. Lead towards achieving
SDGs so that no one will be left behind
・Promote local production and consumption within the culture of “Satoyama” – Japan’s senseof home and harmony attached to the hilly heartlands. Develop futuristic agriculture, andcommunicate this as the Earth Village form of the Satoyama and Satoumi Initiative(Satoyama= Heartland in the hills, Satoumi= Heartland by the sea).

④ Create innovation

・Researchers from around the world incorporate advanced technology as they relax and haveintellectually stimulating interactions in the village
・Create innovation in other ﬁelds through innovation open to the world・Promote international exchange and establish a bridgehead of Asian dynamism

Expand initiatives centered on the Earth Project
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Future Projects (A proposal of goals and policies)
A TOWN – where you can live comfortably
In this area of high-quality amenities and richculture, set up a residential and educational
environment that will make use of things likeelectronic residential registry services andSociety 5.0. Balance information managementwith seamless transportation services andthe use of AI and IoT technology.
(e.g.) Setting up a residential and educational environment,
e-residency*, next generation payment systems, a next
generation smart city, an environment that allows you
to easily travel back and forth*E-residency is an electronic version of Japan’s residential registry

A RURAL AREA – connecting food and climate
Look at the best way to run the primary industry as well as measures toadapt to climate change, and work to make this area an advanced
model case. Strengthen our network with all shareholders involved withproduction and distribution. Fuse local produce with foreign cultures,and communicate these new forms of food culture to the world.
(e.g.) Agricultural experiments within the idea of digital transformation, agricultural domes that
reproduce various earth climates, a system for participation in agriculture, forestry and ﬁsheries
through use of an interregional network, events showcasing food from around the world

A GATHERING PLACE – Where people can gather and connect
Set up an environment where researchers can gather. Communicate
research results and establish a system to share them with the private
sector. As stakeholders around the world increase, match them with regional
resources and develop healthy exchange within the region and outside.
(e.g.) Exchange salons (both real and virtual), a Knowledge Transfer system,
utilizing tourism resources and developing experiential activity-based tourism

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A FOREST – Birthing innovation
Accelerate projects that push open innovation withpeople at the forefront, and set up an environmentthat will encourage people and companies togather in the area. Set up a system to make itpossible to mutually inspire each other by making
sure businesses can integrate easily into the region,and increasing exchange with other regions.
(e.g.) An ecosystem for open innovation, intellectual
exchange with all stakeholders, collaboration with
Asian countries, applying blockchains to social systems

AN AREA DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS– Where people can strive towards new frontiers

In this rich natural environment, set up a research environment
with high-quality amenities. Provide various activities people
can do in their free time that perfectly represent the local region.
(e.g.) Developing a comfortable research environment, a retreat resort,international academic meetings

A “SATOYAMA” – HILLY HEARTLAND - Living in harmony with nature

A SPRING – Developing human resources

In this “Satoyama” hilly heartland, conserve and reuse energy.
Build facilities completely out of wood. Lead the way on SDGs
and realize the Satoyama Initiative by setting up an agriculturalenvironment that uses energy efﬁciently, producing andconsuming goods locally, and creating a sustainable society.

Train human resources through a system of exchange,
and that is easier for people various life experiences toparticipate. Promote inclusivity education andincrease opportunities to meet and learn from people
around the world, including developing countries.

(e.g.) a Virtual Power Plant, resource aggregators (businesses
that integrate and control distributed energy), Wood First
society, set up an agricultural environment that uses exhaust
heat, resource recycling communities(e.g.) STEAM education (STEM + Art), accepting highly-skilledworkers, individual empowerment, inclusivity education,
discovering human resources from around the world andtraining them, intellectual and human resource exchanges
with capital hubs

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Part 2 An Earth Village Brought About By the ILC
So what would fill the spot of the Earth Project,which the Earth Village would revolve around?
The Direction of the Earth Project

The Significance of the ILC Project
A grand international project based on the intellectually inquiring mind of mankind
Reproducing the Big Bang, and striving to ﬁgure out the mechanisms of the universe such as creation of the universe and uniﬁcation of forces

An innovation creator

The requirements for the Earth Project, a project that serves mankind’scommon desires and attracts people from all over the world…
● Education, environment, health and medical care, science, culture…
● An ambitious project that attracts people● Contributes to achieving SDGs
● Uncovers new knowledge that could cause a paradigm shift
Quantum mechanics, particle physics, condensed matter physics, chemistry, biotechnology…
● Academic research no matter what culture or religion

Focus on the power ofscience and technology

The ILC will use a variety of advanced technology such as superconductivity, nanotechnology and supercomputers. A space for innovation where people
like researchers and engineers of the associated industries gather and interact

ILC ~Striving for Two Breakthroughs~
Technical BreakthroughAim 1 AThe ILC uses an ambitious technology that accelerates and collides electrons and positrons in a straight line, compared to conventional
circular accelerators that accelerate while orbiting charged particles.

The First Model of an Earth Project ⇒ The ILC
A modern “Apollo Program” which will bring mankind to a 13.8 billion year old frontier
Big impact to the world, ambitious advanced researchers

Hub-style research facilities where researchers come from all over the world
Researchers will come from all over the world over decades

Striving to make new technology and develop international cooperation

Breakthrough for Global Collaboration Systems
Aim 2 A
Researchers from all over the world will participate from the design stage. This will be an ambitious process to create the ﬁrst spot on
Earth where mankind can gather and research regardless of race, ethnicity, religion and language

The world is waiting for Japan's decision

Japan possesses accelerator technology along with a strong bedrock foundation, which is why it is the only candidate being considered for the ILC.
This is a crossroads – will Japan contribute to the development of humanity by boldly trying to improve on the current global cooperation system?

Electron and positron collision accelerator technology, striving to develop a Global Collaboration System

In Tohoku, the land of the “Satoyama” hilly heartland, a candidate site for construction
The “Satoyama” region of the Kitakami mountain range is the candidate site for the ILC’s construction Green ILC initiatives such as energy reuse and wooden facility construction

Integrating advanced technologies and SDGs
Working with people around the world in order to unlock
the mystery behind the creation of the universe

What is the ILC?
・In a 20km tunnel underground, electrons and positrons (which are the opposite charge of electrons) are accelerated to close to the speed of light and are smashed together.
・This brings about a state like one trillionth of a second after the birth of the universe. It will recreate the state immediately after the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.
・There will be elementary particle reactions, such as with the Higgs particles which has a function in giving matter mass
・The ILC will be a project that searches for answers to mysteries and the unknown, like how the universe was born and what is space-time structure - somethingthat mankind has pondered for many years
・Japan's total contribution to the construction cost of the ILC accelerator itself will be about 400 billion yen (40 billion yen/year. One-half of the total
construction cost (735.5 to 803.3 billion yen) and a construction period of about 10 years).
・The total Japanese burden of operating expenses is expected to be 20 billion yen/year (total amount 36.6-39.2 billion yen/year).

Earth Project/ILC
Integrate advanced technologies
and SDGs in the Earth Village

EarthVillage

Earth Project
ILC researchers gather

Land development
utilizing the “Satoyama”
Accelerator-related
Innovation©R ey. H o r i / K E K

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VisionTohoku's Potential and Challenges● Revising the way we see our planet and exploring the future of a sustainable Earth“Satoyama” Culture – living in harmony with forests, the sea, and thenatural environment since ancient times
A treasure trove of excellent agricultural, forestry and ﬁshery resources and foods
Forming manufacturing bases and the potential of advanced technologies
Increasing the amount of stakeholders that support the reconstruction
from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami● A region already in the trenches combating the Japanese issue of population decline● People from all over the world come to live and interact with local

residents and children in the “Satoyama” hilly heartland● Communicating research results, technology transfer, innovation● Create a recycling-based society, a village of trees, agriculture, and food,in which people live in harmony with nature in advanced technology● Diversity and Inclusion - No one is left behind● Interact with the world - human resource development for the next
generation with a global perspective to realize young people's dreams

Challenges in Creating the Earth Village for the ILC
The ﬁrst time for a project to start from scratch for both Japan and the world
Gaining understanding and support from home and abroad. Collaborating and role sharing
with the Japanese government, other governments, NGOs, universities, private sectors, etc.

Developing basic infrastructure

CERN as a model for the ILC

Developing a residential environment with high-quality amenities by introducing national policies such asa transformation of national land structure, regional revitalization, and utilizing private sector vitality

CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is our model for ILC.

Pioneering development towards achieving SDGs
Implementing an environmental impact assessment and developingwith utmost consideration for the environment and safety
Promoting understanding through direct dialogue with local residents

・Established in 1954, CERN is the world's largest research institute for researching and developing
technology related to particle physics and nuclear physics using large accelerators

Wood, agriculture and foodRecycling-based society

Expectation of the arrival of accelerator-related industries in the area
Maximizing the effectiveness of the ILC location by working
to promote industry and other various measures

・Physicists from more than 100 countries and regions around the world research without a care about race and religion
・Budget (2015 expenditure): 1,083 million CHF, Employees: approximately 3,200, User researchers:
approximately 11,500 from around the world

Innovation
Communicating research results

Human-basedSDGs

・Operation and use of 23 member states (22 European countries and Israel) - non-member States can join

While CERN is a European research institute, ILC will be one of the world's leading
research centers that accepts researchers from countries and regions around the world,with people from all over the world studying together starting from the very beginning.

Earth Village

Diversityand Inclusion

Gathering together no matter one’s race,
ethnicity or religion and overcoming barriers
like language and disabilities

ILC

Human resource
development

Living in harmony
with nature
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Cattle farming

Using wind energy
Ski resorts
Using solar energy

Horticulture in
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Using district
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Hospitals
Schools

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International Laboratory for the ILC
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AirportAgriculture

Ultra-small mobility

Shinkansen

Industrial Park (Industrial Cluster)Self-driving highway bus
Forestry

Earth Village Vision Committee
Honorary Chairperson ITO Shigeru (Chairman, National Land Planning Association)
UCHIDATE Makiko (playwright, novelist)
OHTAKI Seiichi (Member of Board of Trustees, Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation, Shizenkan University)
TERASHIMA Jitsuro (Chairman, Japan Research Institute)
FUJII Takeshi (Advisor, Tokyu Research Institute, Inc.)
Chairperson MASUDA Hiroya (Advisor, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.)

National Land Planning Association
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2019 December