What Is Society 5.0?

Abstract

This chapter elaborates on the general thought process behind Society 5.0 and lists the relevant nomenclature. As per the Japanese government literature, Society 5.0 should be one that, "through the high degree of merging between cyberspace and physical space, will be able to balance economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by providing goods and services that granularly address manifold latent needs regardless of locale, age, sex, or language." The vision

Digital Literacy in Digital Society 5.0: Some Challenges

“…The concept of Society 5.0 emerged in 2015 in Japan, in a strategic national political initiative Gladden, 2019). Salimova et al (2019) Society 5.0 is a super-smart society, embodied in a cyber-physical-social relationship that seeks, above all, to improve the quality of life (Sharp, 2020;Gladden, 2019;Potočan, Mulej, & Nedelko, 2020;Roblek, Mensko, Bach, Thorpe, & Šprajc, 2020;Deguchi et al, 2020). Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) (2016, cit.…”

“…Several researchers consider that Society 5.0 is a "Japan's futuristic concept" (Sharp, 2020, p. 1), initially of a political nature, which emerged in Japan in 2015 (Alvarez-Cedillo, Aguilar-Fernandez, Sandoval-Gomez, & Alvarez-Sanchez, 2019; Deguchi et al, 2020). These researchers argue that the concept of Society 5.0 emerged under the influence of Industry 4.0 (Salimova et al, 2019(Salimova et al, , 2020Sharp, 2020;Gladden, 2019).…”

“…Table 2 depicts the differences between Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. In this process, shaped by the cyber-physical (Alvarez-Cedillo et al, 2019), digital literacy takes on a critical role Deguchi et al, 2020). Several of these technologies do not yet exist in an effective and efficient way for the full implementation of Society 5.0, which will raise several challenges (Gladden, 2019;Alvarez-Cedillo et al, 2019).…”

“…Several of these technologies do not yet exist in an effective and efficient way for the full implementation of Society 5.0, which will raise several challenges (Gladden, 2019;Alvarez-Cedillo et al, 2019). One such challenge is mentioned by Deguchi et al (2020) There is the expectation that this Society 5.0 will provide potentially strong contributions to social inclusion (Deguchi et al, 2020;Potočan et al, 2020;Salimova et al, 2019)…”

“…It is crucial to mobilize the following elements in this process: (i) innovation policy (from the government's side); (ii) entrepreneurial spirit (from the society's side); and (iii) entrepreneurial skills (from the civil society and institutions' side). The idea of Society 5.0 has paradoxes in its definition, as well as the need for technology to be further developed and in an articulated and coordinated way, respecting the objectives and societal and individual needs (Deguchi et al, 2020) (such as robotics, AI [Artificial Intelligence], intelligent robots, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cloud computing, Internet of Things, automated simulations, Big Data analysis and Blockchain, among others). Additionally, it also faces ethical, legal and social challenges related to the place in society (in terms of social representation, rights and duties) of beings with artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.…”