Going beyond Industry 4.0, Smart cities and Smart Factory, Japan takes it to the next level of a super smart society by 2030. Encompassing all the above and making it clear and easily implementable. It is a step forward which needs to be understood by many.

2. What is Society 5.0?
⬡ "A human-centered society
that balances economic
advancement with the
resolution of social problems
by a system that highly
integrates cyberspace and
physical space."

3. Abenomics

4. “The essence of Society
5.0 is that it will become
possible to quickly elicit
the most suitable solution
that meets the needs of
each individual”
Shinzo Abe
Prime Minister

5. 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan - 2016

7. Unleashing Japan

16. Achieving Society 5.0
⬡ In the
information
society (Society
4.0), cross-
sectional sharing
of knowledge
and information
was not enough,
and cooperation
was difficult.
⬡ Because there is
a limit to what
people can do,
the task of
finding the
necessary
information from
overflowing
information and
analyzing it was
a burden
⬡ Decreasing
birthrate and
aging population
and local
depopulation, it
was difficult to
respond
adequately.
⬡ Society 5.0 will
achieve a
forward-looking
society in which
each and every
person can lead
an active and
enjoyable life.

19. How Society 5.0 works
⬡ Society 5.0 achieves a high degree of
convergence between cyberspace
(virtual space) and physical space (real
space).
⬡ Huge amount of information from
sensors in physical space is
accumulated in cyberspace. In
cyberspace, this big data is analyzed by
artificial intelligence (AI), and the
analysis results are fed back to humans
in physical space in various forms.

22. Society 5.0 Balances Economic
Development and Solves Social Issues

23. Economic Development and
Solutions to Social Problems
in Society 5.0

24. Human-centered Society

25. Field of Mobility

26. Healthcare and Caregiving

27. Field of Manufacturing

28. Field of Agriculture

29. Field of Food Products

30. Field of Disaster Prevention

31. Field of Energy

32. Human-centered Society

33. ESSENTIAL FREEDOMS OF SOCIETY 5.0
⬡ People will be liberated from focus on efficiency. Instead, the emphasis
will be placed on satisfying individual needs, solving problems and
creating value.
⬡ People will be able to live, learn and work, free from suppressive
influences on individuality, such as discrimination by gender, race,
nationality, etc. and alienation because of their values and ways of
thinking.
⬡ People will be liberated from the disparity caused by the concentration of
wealth and information, and anyone will be able to get opportunities to
play a part anytime, anywhere.
⬡ People will be liberated from anxiety about terrorism, disasters and cyber-
attacks, and live with security with strengthened safety nets for
unemployment and poverty.
⬡ People will be liberated from resources and environmental constraints,
and able to live sustainable lives in any region.

35. 5 WALLS TO BE ELIMINATED

41. Society 5.0 will be an
Imagination Society.

68. Reform of Business Sector

69. Reform of Human Resources

70. Reform of Public Sector

71. Reform by Data and Technology