Keidanren to promote investment in "digital solutions to social issues" April 3 4:46
Keidanren is urged to invest in companies and universities that are pursuing these initiatives to realize the vision of using digital technology to solve social issues and enrich lives.
Keidanren calls a new society that makes use of digital technology "Society5.0" and has set it as its vision to solve problems and enrich lives.
Keidanren is conducting joint research with the University of Tokyo and GPIF, which manages the public pension reserve fund, and reports on how to effectively use funds to realize such a new society. I summarized it as a book.
It states that technologies that solve social issues, such as autonomous driving, automatic translation, and telemedicine, should provide concrete examples of the economic effects that can be produced and encourage R & D in these fields.
In addition, in order to attract investment in universities and start-up companies, etc., it is necessary to enhance explanations and information disclosure to investors and improve the investment environment.
`` Now we are making every effort to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus throughout Japan, but at such times, it is important to show our future prospects from a medium- to long-term perspective. As a member of Keidanren, I would like to proactively issue messages that call for investment. "