Seminar on Social Transition and Technological Development of Japan 

By

Dr. Takayuki Minato

Graduate school of frontier sciences

University of Tokyo Japan

The seminar was conducted @ CEIM, School of Engineering & Technology Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok. On 22 May 22, 2012.

During the seminar Dr. Minato shared information about Japan’s government measures and policies for environmental issues. How Japan is trying to reduce GHG emission through alternative technologies to ensure sustainable development.

The second part of seminar includes possible future social change in technology driven society.

Dr. Minato said, in many cases technologies are regarded as economic tools; however he tried to focus on long term perspective of society as whole. Further he said, technology is not only physical solution, but also transforms our society in certain ways, and claim that policy making should take interdependency technological development and social change into consideration.

Dr. Takayuki, Minato and Dr.  BHW Hadikusumo