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Society 5.0, also known as the Super Smart Society, is a concept for a future society introduced by the Japanese government in 2016.[1] The plan aims to integrate technologies such as artificial intelligence into the existing society.[2][3]

It is an adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and was first introduced by the Japanese government's Cabinet Office's Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation.[3] The unveiling of Society 5.0 took place within the framework of the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan, presented by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019. This approach envisions a human-centric society that helps economic progress by resolving societal challenges.[4] It suggests this equilibrium can be achieved by integrating the realms of cyberspace and physical space.[5] [6]

Objective

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Society 5.0, as the Japanese government outlines, aims to integrate digital and physical spaces to tackle various societal challenges. It strives for simultaneous economic growth and social issue resolution by providing tailored goods and services to meet diverse needs, transcending geographic, demographic, and linguistic boundaries. This strategy promotes a shift toward a human-centered, knowledge-intensive, and data-driven society. Contrary to Germany's Industrie 4.0, which focuses on industrial IT integration, Society 5.0 broadens the application of IT to improve public living spaces and habits.[7]

The Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan describes Society 5.0 as an initiative aimed at ensuring safety, security, comfort, and health for all individuals, facilitating the pursuit of preferred lifestyles. It addresses existing stagnation by promoting a society that embraces technological advancements and social changes. Society 5.0 places importance on mutual respect across generations and supports the ability of every individual to lead an active and fulfilling life.[5]

History

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The term Society 5.0 comes from the intention of creating a fifth new society by making the best use of digital transformation, after going through several societies such as the hunting society (Society 1.0), the agrarian society (Society 2.0), the industrial society (Society 3.0), and the information society (Society 4.0).[8]

Society 1.0 (Hunting society)

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A hunter-gatherer society is an anthropological concept that characterizes a society's way of life as dependent on hunting and collecting wild animals and plants for sustenance. It is believed that all human societies followed a hunter-gatherer lifestyle until the advent of agriculture during the Neolithic era/period.[9]

Society 2.0 (Agricultural society)

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An agrarian society is a societal structure in which the economy primarily relies on agriculture. The origins of agrarian societies are associated with the Neolithic Revolution, also known as the First Agricultural Revolution, which took place during the Neolithic or Stone Age. These societies have persisted in various parts of the world for thousands of years since then, up to the present day, making them the most prevalent form of social and economic organization throughout the history of human organizational work in pre-industrial times.[10]

Society 3.0 (Industrial society)

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An industrial society that has made significant progress in industrialization, and is also referred to as an industrialized society. In many instances, industrial societies follow a previous stage characterized by an agricultural society, including making full use of technologies across different fields for a human-centered society.[11]

Society 4.0 (Information society)

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An information society is a society in which activities related to the utilization, generation, dissemination, and incorporation of information hold considerable importance. The primary catalysts behind this phenomenon are information and communication technologies, which have led to the rapid development of automatic machines and robots for the revolution of industry and information.[12]

Technology applications

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Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology report lists the following six topics as basic technologies for realizing Society 5.0:

  • Technology for enhancing human capabilities, fostering sensitivity, and enabling control within Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).
  • AI hardware technology and AI application systems.
  • Self-developing security technology for AI applications.
  • Highly efficient network technology along with advanced information input and output devices.
  • Next-generation manufacturing system technology designed to facilitate mass customization.
  • New measurement technology tailored for digital manufacturing processes.

The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) initiated "Society 5.0 for SDGs" in alignment with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) due to the compatibility between Society 5.0 and the SDGs.[13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ""Super Smart Society (Society 5.0)" mission area". Japanese Government, Science and Tech Bureau website. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  2. ^ M. Hanefi Calp; Resul Bütüner (2022). "Chapter 7 - Society 5.0: Effective technology for a smart society". Intelligent Data-Centric Systems. Academic Press. pp. 175–194. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-88468-6.00006-1. ISBN 9780323884686. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Society 5.0 or ソサエティー5.0". Japanese Government, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Impact of "Society 5.0" What is the fifth new society?0". Toshiba Co. Home Page. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  5. ^ a b "Society 5.0". Cabinet Office Home Page. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  6. ^ "Modeling and AI that Connects the Cyber and Physical Worlds". Japan Science and Technology Agency. Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  7. ^ Deguchi, Atsushi; Hirai, Chiaki; Matsuoka, Hideyuki; Nakano, Taku; Oshima, Kohei; Tai, Mitsuharu; Tani, Shigeyuki (2020), "What Is Society 5.0?", Society 5.0: A People-centric Super-smart Society, Singapore: Springer, pp. 1–23, doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2989-4_1, ISBN 978-981-15-2989-4
  8. ^ "政府広報オンラインによるSociety 5.0の説明". Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  9. ^ "Realizing Society 5.0" (PDF). Japan Gov. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  10. ^ "History of the organization of work (during agriculture era)". Britanica. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Making full use of AI and technologies across different fields for a human-centered society". Japan Science and Technology Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Development of Smart Robot for Revolution of Industry/Information". Japan Science and Technology Agency. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Society 5.0 for SDGs | 経団連". keidanrensdgs (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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