“New 10,000 yen bill” Eiichi Shibusawa's Android production book lecture on October 3 at 18:41
Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture, the birthplace of Eiichi Shibusawa, who was chosen as the new 10,000 yen bill portrait and portrayed his life in NHK ’s Taiga drama next year, will produce “Android” that reproduces his life. It was.
Eiichi Shibusawa was born in the current Fukaya city, became an entrepreneur after the Meiji Restoration, and has been involved in the establishment and development of numerous companies and is called the “Father of Modern Japanese Economy”.
Local Fukaya City decided to make a robot “Android” that can move and talk as it was in life, so that Eiichi Shibusawa's achievements would be widely known.
Produced by a donation of 100 million yen from a businessman from Fukaya City, with the cooperation of leading experts in android research and professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University with reference to literature, photos, and the remaining audio. Proceed with
Two Androids will be produced, which will be completed in the summer of April next year and will be released at the Eiichi Shibusawa Memorial Hall in Fukaya City.
The city is considering using Android to give lectures based on books such as “Theory and abacus” that Eiichi Shibusawa wrote about his thoughts as a businessman.
Mr. Susumu Kojima, Mayor of Fukaya City, said, “I think there are more things to feel than reading books or watching videos. I want many people to know how Eiichi Shibusawa lives and thinks.”