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A Message from the Future
Innovations Working Group(Summary)
March 2019
Future Innovations WG
Towards the realization of next-generation care supporting the
lifestyle of each individual through the symbiosis of humans and
advanced technologies
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New Report toward 2040 (Future Innovations Working Group)
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) jointly started convening a “Future Innovations Working Group” from January 2019 in order to discuss ideal approaches to the medical care and welfare sectors in the future, targeting approximately the year 2040.
The working group are trying establishing a mid- to long-term strategy through a “backcasting” approach, considering expected changes in society and communities, and estimated levels of technological innovation. Three meetings have already held, and the group has hereby generated an interim report based on the discussion results.
Based on the interim report, MHLW, METI and related organizations will advance efforts to implement specific measures such as promotion of mid- to long-term R&D and demonstration projects, and enhancement of technology intelligence functions.
Chairman Ichiro Sakuma handed the report to Takumi Nemoto, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare on 31th March.
HoloEyesXR service
offered by Holoeyes, Inc.
Remote medical services provided in Alaska
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, etc.
Annual changes
in the number of
centenarians
Expected changes in society and communities
Progressing technological innovation in the world
Illustrated images in 2040Proposed new concept
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Risks that the Health/Medical/Nursing Care Sectors May Face in 2040
If the Current Status Quo is Maintained
Public spending on medical and nursing
care will increase by about 30%
compared with GDP, affecting fiscal and
economic conditions.
While there is exploding demand for
medical and nursing care in urban areas,
rural areas may see a lot of hospitals
and nursing care businesses shutting
down.
Estimated increasing numbers of
persons requiring support/nursing care
in each municipality through 2040
* Excluding estimates for Fukushima Prefecture since the results of population estimates for
each municipality of Fukushima Prefecture are not included in the “Regional Population
Projections for Japan (March 2013)” released by the National Institute of Population and
Social Security Research
(Source) Created by METI based on “Population Projections for Japan (January 2014
projections)”, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, “2014 Population
Estimates”, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and “2014 Statistics of Long-term
Care Benefit Expenditures”, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Estimated proportion of medical/nursing
care benefit expenditures of GDP
(Source) Excerpt from Material 4-1 of the Sixth Meeting of the Council on
Economic and Fiscal Policy in 2018
Even if much more labor force is
injected into the medical and nursing
care sectors with priority, labor
shortages may not be resolved.
Estimated numbers of medical/nursing
care workers and their proportion of the
total number of workers
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(Source) Modified from Material 4-1 of the Sixth Meeting of the Council on
Economic and Fiscal Policy in 2018
Projected number of
medical/nursing
care workers
Proportion of
total number of
workers
(2040)
Outlook of medical/nursing care benefit
expenditures (projection of the current situation)
(Trillion yen)
Nursing care
Medical care
(Baseline case)
FY 2018 (GDP
of 564.3 trillion
yen)
FY 2025 (GDP
of 645.6 trillion
yen)
FY 2040 (GDP
of 790.6 trillion
yen)
Summary of Discussions of the 2nd
(February 18) and 3rd Meetings (March 4)
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Characters
Elements of
concern
Goals to
aim for
Technologies
Education
Remote areas with
low population
Do not narrow the
choice of people who
want to live deep in the
mountains.
Manual to be used
in nursing care
environment
providing moderate
but appropriate
servicesJob search service
Getting burned out
from working too hard
Adequate
ignorance and
intervention
Standard of
care
Minimum
requirement
Delegation
of authority
Multi-skilled
workers
Accept even
minimum-
required
technologies
Necessary
and
adequate
technologies
Development of
subtraction concepts
Test kit that can be used
even by elderly people
Can be easily
used even by
elderly people
AccessibilityDisaster drill
Training
To be prepared
for an emergency
Non-digitalized
mutual
assistanceSense of
communities
Population of people
aged 65 – 70 supporting
community development
Care
provider/receiver
Going out
Being curious
Social
changePositive
health
Having plenty
of time to
spare
All
individuals
can adapt to
changes
Impossible/
waste/
irregularity
24-hour
barrier
Mutual
assistance
using VR
Virtual reality
Remote
toilet
assistance
Monitoring
robot
Automated
monitoring
Smart house
IoT house
Do not assume
that robots will be
able to do
anything in 2040.
Robot
literacy
education
Robots in
everyday
life
Smart
infrastr
ucture
Increasing
demand will no
longer match up
with the urban
infrastructure
Living near
care
facilities
Home IoT hub
function
Uniform
standard
Robotic wheelchair
and bed with IoT
functions
Collaboration
within local
communities
Optimal
induction Increase in the
total happiness
of the entire
society
Looking happy
Quantification/ob
ject evaluation
Care provided by
local communities
Feeling as
if at home,
he or she is
in facilities
Consolidation
of hospitals
Task shifting
Eliminate all
unnecessary work
other than
providing care in
person
Nursing care
profession +
technologies
Make sure of
the spare
time of staff
Physicians + AIExamine as
many people as possible
Super-aging
society
Living with no
worries
Improved cost
effectiveness
and productivity
Outcome
evaluation
technology
Data utilization
Strengths
of JapanWinning by the
quality of data
Approaches
different from
the usual
ones
Evaluation of
medical
technologies
Technologies
Deep
learningRobotics
Continuity
Embrace entries of “non-
conformist”
Clarification of
investment and
role sharing
rules to create
ecosystem
Asian
regions
Social
mobility
Business
model
Evaluation
system to
quickly
implement new
technologies
Social
systems
Japanese
style
Predictability
Government
involvement
Feeling
happyLabor
shortage
No resources
despite the
needsIncreased
costsMutual
supportSurviving by
supporting each
other
Diverse people
have
individualized
tasks, games
and jobs
Recognizing
diversity
Individualization
for everyone
Realize
Chat bot
Support Empowerment
Expansion of
physical
function
Discovery –
society
Do not label the
persons foundChildren living
in constant
fear of violent
parents
Mechanism to
start over
What about people
who have just got
out of prison?
Every single
isolated person
do not feel happy
Resolving body problems of autism people by
incorporating technologies
Unique face
SNS for helping
social workers
School
education
SNS
providing an
opportunity to
meet with
nursing care
professionals
Realization – oneself
Receiving
recognition of
realizing oneself
Encouragement
bot
Diverse
values and
education
What
messages are
we sending to
society?
Stop discussion
Do not conclude
by simply saying
it’s all about
“education.”
Recurrent
education
Environmental
changeSocial security
perspectives
Being healthy
for one’s own
life
Agriculture
Residence
City
Mobility
Automated
driving
Redefining
health
Being healthy for
one’s
lifestyle/working
style
The world
after AI
Focusing more on
achieving self-
realization than living
a long life
A society in which
desire for recognition
can be fulfilled and
self-satisfaction can
be gainedAI provides
the optimal
solution
Traditional
competitive society
is no longer
needed
Behavioral
change
Finding the
lever
Various
ways to
intervene
Increase
value of
mental care
Decreased
value of things
Approaching
minds of
each
individual
Visualization
of risks
Right to be “unhealthy”
Do not change
behaviors even after
informed of the risk of
getting cancer due to
drinking/smoking
Human-resources
personnel who
understand
statistical data
How to get
data
Properly
aging
Japan
While embracing vibrant
bottom-up innovations, put
them all together with
government involvement
Revert only
to the
wealthyUniformity
Freedom of
choice
Health
literacy
education
Changing
lifestyle on a
social norm
Mental
health
issues
You have
the leading
role.
Health
improvement
for happiness
A society focused on
investing for people’s
health
Professional
services will
change
No limit on
areas,
situations
and players
Diet/exercise/
stress
management
Predict the risk
of diseasesDo what you
can do
yourself
Paradigm shift
of the Medical
Practitioners’
Act
Taking care of
oneself before
getting ill
A society
where…Me as
my own
doctor
From
provision of
services to
value
creation
Creating an environment where pioneering R&D investments based on long-term vision and their outcomes are accepted by the society (creation of “healthcare ecosystem”)
→ Japan will become an innovation hub attracting a large number of investments and people from overseas
Development of evaluation models for
appropriate and efficient
implementation of advanced
technologies, and measures to
accelerate social implementation by
using such models
Finance system that
supports various
lifestyles of
individuals
Technological development, ideal
health/medical/nursing care services according
to regional/community/individual characteristics,
and mechanisms that ensure various choices are
available as required
Social systems
Towards the Realization of “Next-generation Care”, which supports the Lifestyle of Each Individual through the Symbiosis of Humans and Advanced Technologies
1. Risks that the health/medical/nursing care sectors may face in 2040 if the current status
quo is maintained
(1) Constructing smart infrastructures (2) Supporting the independence of individuals
3. Directionality of measures (three approaches and three-tier foundation)
(3) Constructing new “mutual support”
relationships
Providers can deliver their own ideal values in
harmony with technologies.
Everyone can choose the way of life that suits them
and achieve their own ideal happiness.
Professionals can focus on core tasks (e.g., “zero indirect assistance”).
Care sites can be smoothly run even with the current supply
capacity (more flexible resource allocation).
High-quality medical/nursing care services can be provided
anywhere by supplementing individuals online.
All people are aware of their health
conditions./Be their own doctor.
People can live their lives without worries
wherever and however they live.
People are getting healthy without noticing it.
2. Ideal health/medical/nursing care services in 2040
Even if he or she fails into any state, everyone can
be happy, accepting one’s own various situations.
Anyone can actively take part in society.
Zero barriers to societal participation due to
disabilities
Inclusion by technologies/ Diversity
Smart access suited to
the conditions of each
individual
The ever to behavioral change can
be identified by visualizing the
risks and “mindsets” of each
individual, allowing various
interventions to be applied
Accepting and acknowledging
diversities can help both
individuals and society to be
aware of their problems and
support each other
Mental and physical
functions can be
expanded and
maintained
Advancement of automation/labor savings as technologies,
such as robotics, evolve, allowing cost reduction
Easier control of supply and demand as simulations and
optimization advance by AI, etc.Acceleration of creation of new products/services as
individual needs are better matched
Progress of fundamental technologies (examples) Proactive identification of promising technology areas and
intensive allocation of government resources (Moonshot R&D projects, etc.)
・・・
Enhancement of technological
intelligence functions
Induction of private investments/innovations by
increasing the predictability of technological progress,
etc., and also spreading it globally
Education to help various people to
adapt to changes, such as health and
technology literacy, and creating
environments that produce no "burnout"
of workers, "excessive“ concerns, and
excessive nursing care services
Reliable and free
data distribution
system
Serious shortage of labors Even if labor force is injected into the
medical and nursing care sectors with
priority, labor shortages may not be
resolved.
⁃ In 2040, about 1/5 of the total working population needs
to be engaged in the medical/nursing care sectors.
Demand growth and
diversification More than 300,000 centenarians
People’s values, choices and expectations for
medical/welfare services will be diversified. Local
communities will disapeear.
Regional disparities While there is exploding demand for
medical and nursing care in urban areas,
rural areas may see hospitals and nursing
care businesses shutting down.
⁃ By around 2030, the aging rate in the metropolitan areas
is expected to increase by 4 points and the total
population in rural areas is expected to decrease by
about 15%.
Relationships between supply side and
demand side up until now
All people serve as bearers and help each other, and
new relationships with providers and demand side
will be highly networked.
: Various bearers
: Receivers
: Technologies
and living
infrastructure
: Professionals
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Factors such as
motivation,
knowledge and
environment may
cause disparities
Supply side
: Professionals
: Patients
Unidirectional
from demand
side to supply
side
Demand side
Demand side
A strong network is formed as a
whole, which will evolve into an
infrastructure that can
accommodate as many people as
possible, regardless of factors such
as motivation, knowledge and
environment.
On the supply side will increase bearers such as technologies and living
infrastructure, and these technologies, infrastructure and various
professionals will connect with each other to offer new values.
On the demand side mutual
support through the formation
of communities, etc. increase,
forming into a social structure
where people support each
other.
Mechanisms for
promoting health are
embedded in
everyday life
Everyone can be a
bearer（tools and training)
Going beyond
time and space
constraints
Professionals can focus on
providing care services for
people(eliminating non-core tasks)
Images of Health/Medical/Nursing Care in 2040 with the Assimilated Advanced Technologies (1/2) Medical/nursing care supply may not catch up with demand, which will
explosively increase as the concentration of population in urban areas
further progresses.
It is difficult for the demand side to understand their current physical conditions and
make rational decisions accordingly, such as whether they should go to a hospital
now and which hospital they should go to.
Accessing medical/nursing care services in rural areas may
become difficult as the shortage of bearers accelerate following a
further depopulation.
Medical/nursing care workers may feel uncertain about providing
adequate service and future career development.
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Elements
of concernElements
of concern
⁃ Regardless of the level of
skills, every medical/nursing
care worker can provide
high-quality services without
any concern.
⁃ For example, utilizing XR,
even new and inexperienced
physicians can determine
the best course of treatment
for their patients while
increasing their knowledge,
with the support of veteran
physicians, nurses,
physiotherapists, caregivers,
etc.
⁃ Regardless of the amount of
medical/nursing care
resources, professionals can
deliver the value of human
services by focusing on
providing in-person care.
⁃ For example, life support robots
and sensor networks for
monitoring allow caregivers to
spend more time
communicating with care
receivers and support them to
improve the quality of their
lives.
⁃ People can access
optimal medical/nursing
care services that fit their
conditions.
⁃ For example, visualizing
medical/nursing care
resources available in
local communities and
stratifying individuals in
detail allow people to
make the right decisions
when they are ill: whether
to stay home and rest,
take medicine or go to a
hospital, and which
hospital to go to.
⁃ Regardless of where they live or
what their lifestyle is like, people can
access necessary and adequate
medical/nursing care services
regardless of where they live or what
their lifestyle is like, and everyone
can take part.
⁃ For example, low-cost monitoring
can prevent a sudden worsening of
current conditions even for people
who live on a remote island with only
a few physicians available. For
emergency situations, people can
get fast aid provided by emergency
drones and neighbors until medical
staff arrive by contacting the local
community and medical agency.
Images of Health/Medical/Nursing Care in 2040 with the Assimilated Advanced Technologies (2/2)
It is unclear that what kind of health options are available to realize the
desired lifestyle as people's values become more diverse and social mobility
increases.
Because current environment do not allow all people to live the way they
want, they may give up doing what makes them happy.
Once people feel that their lives are "over" cannot adopt to
life stage transitions, and they may be left behind by
societies.
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Elements
of concern
Elements
of concern
⁃ People who feel
distressed because they
cannot adapt to various
life stage transitions will
no longer be "unhappy."
⁃ For example, these
people can take part in
societies safely with the
support of local
communities, such as
making available a role
or job suited to their
physical or mental
conditions on the day by
noticing signs of
distress.
⁃ Even when mental and
physical functions decline,
technologies and
communities empower
people, bringing out the
“best” in each individual.
⁃ For example, elderly people
with weak physicalities due
to aging can still play with
their grandchildren by
wearing a power assist suit.
People suffering from
dementia and those with
physical mobility issues can
also take part in societies
with the help of technologies
such as AI and robotics.
⁃ Mechanisms that unconsciously
lead people to improved health
are embedded in every part of
their everyday lives.
⁃ For example, a town that makes
you healthier just by walking
around in it and a house that
makes you healthier just by living
in it
⁃ Environments pleasant for
everyone, such as a street with a
slow lane for pedestrians who
want to walk slowly, allow people
to get out safely even if they
become physically weak, and to
live the way they want to live.
⁃ Future health conditions of each individual
can be predicted regardless of working style
or place of work, and people feel satisfied and
can make choices based on the predictions.
⁃ For example, your avatar accumulates
information on what makes you satisfied, in
addition to your health information since
childhood. If you set a goal to "attend your
great-grandson's wedding," it shows you in
real time the choices that you can make in
everyday life as well as future predictions to
achieve the goal. The service will be available
at low cost and can be used casually as if you
are watching a weather forecast.
Around 2040, hospitals and nursing care facilities may start withdrawing
from rural areas while demand for medical and nursing care services
explodes in urban areas. Looking to 2040, a challenging issue is how to
continuously provide the medical and nursing care systems necessary for
people under the labor supply constraints.
To solve these issues, it is important to realize medical and nursing care
services that are satisfactory to both the providers and receivers by
providing medical and nursing care services according to the characteristics
of the areas, communities and individuals to allow them to make the best
decision from time to time, while developing new medical and nursing care
infrastructure that go beyond time and space constraints.
Aim to implement "a social system that allows anyone to pursue their own
way of life anytime and anywhere," where every decision of individuals,
such as where to live, is respected, social connections can be maintained
when needed, and optimal services can be enjoyed.
Overview
In the short term, promote the expansion of skills of professionals and community
development, aiming at social implementation of education for mutual support and
formation of matching communities by efforts, such as personal life support through
self-management, etc., improvement of the productivity of core work, streamlining the
work practices of professionals through relieving them from non-core work, XR and
digital phantom.
Then, develop infrastructure and equipment that allow everyone help each other even
in emergency situations, provide new medical and nursing care infrastructure beyond
time and space constraints that allow anyone to be a bearer anytime and develop life
support robots with nursing care functions so that people can continue to live in their
homes.
In addition, aim to realize medical and nursing care services that are satisfactory to
individuals through efforts such as visualization of medical and nursing care resources
available in the community (people, goods and information), detailed stratification of
eligible care receivers, optimal demand and supply matching (smart access) and
development of multi-skilled professionals and non-professionals.
Advanced cases Example of the roadmap for future plans
Short-term Long-term
Market
introduction/development of
necessary environments
Medium-term
Development of infrastructure/equipment that allows people to help
each other even in emergency situations
Fundamental research and development, such as robots and
infrastructure, that allow receiving life support, diagnosis,
nursing care, etc., at home
Empirical
research
Market
introduction/development of
necessary environments
HoloEyesXR service
offered by Holoeyes, Inc.
Professional training using
XR digital phantom, etc. Specialized medical-grade device
Super stethoscope (tele-stethoscope with heart
disease diagnosis assistance feature) offered by AMI
Corporation
New medical/nursing care infrastructure beyond time and
space constraints
Images of Actions that Enable “Three Approaches" (e.g., provision of optimal
health/medical/nursing care)
理想的な姿
Virtual space model development and training
technologies
Household robot assistants
offered by Aeolus Robotics
Life support robot
Integrated development of life support robots with nursing care
feature, medical equipment and smart house/community
Ideal situations Directions for realization
Remote medical services provided in Alaska
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, etc.
Optimization by using urban
traffic data
offered by Alibaba Cloud’s ET
City Brain
Development of necessary environments,
such as guidelines
System development for social
implementation of technologies
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Technologies to reduce the occurrence of sudden changes by smart access to medical
and nursing care resources and prediction of symptoms
Research and development of pharmaceuticals and
medical equipment that combine everyday life data
and provide it in a package
Development of technologies for improving the
productivity of professionals
Optimal demand and supply
matching (smart access)
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As the structures of diseases are changing and overcoming lifestyle-
related diseases is becoming particularly important, the importance of
personal prevention and health improvement has also been increasing.
Meanwhile, technologies that allow individuals to prevent and improve
their health are also rapidly advancing, such as acquisition of various
biometric data by using IoT devices.
Under these circumstances, it is necessary to support individuals to be
able to choose the lifestyle as well as health management that suits
them for their own happiness from the aspects of technologies and
social systems.
Specifically, create an environment where both technologies and
humans support individuals to be able to have options for realizing the
lifestyle that suits them and invest in their health based on their
understanding of such options.
Overview
Advanced cases Example of the roadmap for future plans
Short-term Long-term
Development of environment to enable prompt
social implementation
Market introduction/development of
necessary environment
Medium-term
Visualization of fundamental research/non-
verbal data (mind/behavioral data, etc.)
Identify health risks of each individual and the lever that exists in
them for promoting behavior change (1).
Then, develop health infrastructures and various intervention methods
suited to each individual, taking into account the mechanisms of
physical functions and exercise effects, and develop an environment to
promptly implement them in society. (2)
In addition, to realize (1) and (2), fundamental research for
approaching the human mind (3) and other necessary measures, such
as education, awareness-raising and database maintenance, need to
be implemented.
Ideal situations Directions for realization
• Visualize the risks of each individual in a more detailed and multilayer
way. (1)
• Enable natural and effortless monitoring of health conditions. (2)
(3)
(1)1
Fundamental research Prediction of risks for each individual's background and accumulation of evidence
Empirical researchDevelopment of monitoring
tools/evaluation methods2
Development of various
intervention methodsEmpirical research Market introduction/development
of necessary environment(2)
Database maintenance
Education/awareness-raising
Oth
ers
Identification of the risks and lever
to behavioral change of each
individual (1)
AI-powered early warning system
offered by Ochsner Health System
Smart-wear
offered by
Mitsufuji
Corporation Database maintenance
Images of Actions that Enable “Three Approaches" (e.g., prevention)
UK’s salt
reduction
strategy (Action
on Salt)
Development of various
intervention methods suited to
each individual (2)
Approaches to the human mind (3)
A program identifying emotional status from
the voice developed by Empath Inc.
Data
management
platform
offered by
HealthVerity,
Inc.
Avatar digital twins to promote
behavioral change
It is projected that the number of centenarians will exceed
300,000 and single-person households will be the most
common type of households, accounting for 39.3% by 2040.
By 2040, it is necessary to realize a society that accepts
diverse values of individuals, where people are naturally
“self-aware” and everyone can participate in society easily in
peace and actively.
Aim to develop new "collaborative relationships" which
includes community where everyone is accepted and
recognized and to develop new relationships to
maintain/expand physical and mental functions, empower
individuals and communities and support each other.
Overview
Advanced cases Example of the roadmap for future plans
Short-term Long-term
Empirical
research
Necessary environmental maintenance,
such as guidelines
Medium-term
Technologies to maintain/expand
physical and mental functions
To accept diversity, develop technologies that allow people to share their lifestyles and
situations, such as past experiences, and technologies that support people and society
as a whole to be able to be naturally “self-aware” (discovery).
Aim to implement social systems that promote awareness of individuals or others
around them made at the right time by matching crowdsourcing, chatbot, etc., that
analyzes social activities and jobs that are best suited to each individual based on the
situations, preferences, etc., of individuals that change on a daily basis.
Develop an environment where people can participate in society with greater piece of
mind by empowering communities and individuals with XR, cybernetic devices, etc.
Also, realize the maintenance/expansion of physical and mental functions through
efforts such as the research and development of wearable equipment and peripheral
technologies useful for studying the functions of sensory organs, mechanisms of
exercise effects, and improvement/assistance of brain functions, a new type of sensory
assistance, such as glasses, and innovative wheelchairs.
Fostering environments where diverse values are accepted
Empirical
research
ElliQ, a proactive social robot,
offered by Intuition Robotics
Development of an environment where people
are naturally “self-aware” and support each
other
A robot enabling teleworking of people who are
unable to work outside home, OriHime-D
developed by OryLab Inc.
Empowerment of individuals,
communities, etc.
Maintenance/expansion of physical and
mental functions
Research on the mechanisms of
exercise effects
Verification of the effects of using training
robots for people with locomotive
syndrome, etc.
Images of Actions that Enable “Three Approaches" (e.g., inclusion using technologies)
Ideal situations Directions for realization
A prosthetic hand capable of sensing pain
developed by Johns Hopkins University
A comprehensive
dementia program
for the entire city,
Dementia Friendly
London
Empowerment of individuals,
communities, etc.
Improvement/assistance of sensory,
exercise and brain functions by neural
connection technologies and BMI
System development for social
implementation of technologies
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Research and development of various
disability assistance technologies
Development of fundamental technologies for
embedment of functions into societyEmpirical research
Empirical research
Importance of Enhancing Intelligence Functions in the
Health/Medical/Nursing Care Sectors
As discussed by the WG, it is necessary to formulate medium-term and long-term plans based
on the most critical areas for Japan extracted by backcasting from the projected image of the
society in which advanced technologies are assimilated. When formulating/updating these plans
and setting up R&D/demonstration projects based on them, it is necessary to enhance the
intelligence functions having knowledge of the latest technology, market and policy trends in and
outside Japan.
In considering the enhancement of intelligence functions, the following roles should be included
based on the discussions of the WG and approaches of overseas organizations.
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Having knowledge on a
wide range of technical
fields, not limited to
medical/nursing care
Having knowledge on
not only technologies but
global trends, such as
systems and
healthcare ecosystem
Ahead of other
countries, identify
promising technology
areas that could lead
to major new markets
in the future and
intensively allocate
resources.
Scope of “intelligence”Reflecting in allocation of
government resources
Attract private
investments and
innovations by
increasing the
predictability of the
progress,
implementation, etc.,
of technologies.
Expanding to private
innovations
Elements necessary for enhancing intelligence functions
Members of the Future Innovations WGKazuto Ataka Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University/
CSO of Yahoo Japan Corporation
Daisuke Iida Chairman of the board, Fukushi Gakudan
Ko Ishiyama Representative Director & President, ExaWizards Inc.
Ryoichi Ichihashi President, Medical Corporation Kagayaki, General Home Care Clinic
Yoichi Ochiai Media artist
Kan Katori President, Yasashiite Corporation
Naota Kumagai Director, Hiyoshi Oral Health Clinics Shiodome
Ryohei Goto Partner, A.T. Kearney
Ichiro Sakata Professor/Special Advisor to the President, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Ichiro Sakuma Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Kazuhiro Sakurada Deputy Program Director, Medical Sciences Innovation Hub Program, Riken
Hiromi Sanada Director, Global Nursing Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Kenji Shibuya Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo
Tadamichi Shimogawara President, Silverwood Co., Ltd.
Liena Suzuki Vice President, Eight Roads Ventures Japan
Nanako Tamiya Professors, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba/Director, Research and Development Center
for Health Services
Yusuke Tsugawa Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research, UCLA
Junichi Tsujii Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Director, Artificial
Intelligence Research Center
Shohei Nakano Executive Director, Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment
Hirohisa Hirukawa Director, Robot Innovation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology
Satoko Hotta Professor, Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University
Yukio Honda Professor, Department of Robotics, Graduate School and Faculty of Robotics and Design, Osaka
Institute of Technology
Yutaka Matsuo Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Haruko Yamamoto Executive Advisor to President, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center/Director, Center for
Advancing Clinical and Translational Sciences
Yuji Yamamoto President, MinaCare Co., Ltd.
Chairman
Deputy chairman
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ObserversOffice of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat
National Strategy office of Information and Communications Technology, Cabinet Secretariat
Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI), Cabinet Office
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Japan Sports Agency
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Japan Tourism Agency
Personal Information Protection Commission
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Japan Business Federation
The Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations
Japan Assistive Products Association (JASPA)
World Economic Forum (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Japan (C4IR Japan)
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SecretariatCo-secretariat of MHLW and METI