Hello! I hope you are staying safe in these crazy times and not flat-out panicking like I am. Due to the coronavirus, we have postponed our event with Chris Mosdell, but we are nevertheless determined to kick off a conversation and keep it rolling until we can all meet in person. To that end, we have a few things planned, but first up is the following list of questions. We invite you to respond in the comments and chat amongst yourselves. If you'd like to write a longer respo

"RSA JFN: Nuclear waste: messages not being conveyed and things not been considered" Abstract November 21, 2017 <Mr. Hiroako Koide> Ever since nuclear power plants began to work in Japan, 57 plants have been in operation since 1966. The cumulative power generation amount is 7.5 trillion kWh. Fission products (ashes of death, nuclear waste), which were yielded by the power generation, reached about 125,000 Hiroshima Nuclear Atomic Bombs and even if the attenuation of Cesium

RSA Japan Fellows’ Network was privileged to host the Good Work Workshop event on the Future of Work at CTW in Omotesando with Tony Greenham, RSA’s Director of Economy and Enterprise. The RSA’s Chief Executive Matthew Taylor had been commissioned by the UK Government to produce a report on the future of work and how society would be affected by the growing influence of technology in the workplace as represented by apps, artificial intelligence and robots. The Taylor Review of

“Going Beyond Ideas” is an ongoing series of events in Japan organised by Japan RSA Connector Tania Coke with support from the Japan Fellows' Network. The second session, in May, focused on the process of moving from dream to reality, under the guidance of Rab and Hitomi Paterson. Around 30 people, including a number of RSA Fellows, gathered at the CTW space in central Tokyo. The event format is evolving as the series moves forward, and on this occasion a simultaneous present

What struck me most about the Brexit referendum was not the outcome, but our failure to have a decent conversation about it. The debate that led up to 23rd June 2016 was a painful experience for many – even here in Japan. Since then there’s been a noticeable lack of conversation on the topic. Many unresolved feelings still hover in the air. With this collective communication failure ringing in our ears, the RSA Japan Fellows’ Network decided to experiment. We designed an even

In April 2016, Kumamoto prefecture, in southern Japan, was shaken by a huge earthquake which destroyed hundreds of houses and displaced thousands of people, many of whom are still living in temporary accommodation 7 months on. It was in the wake of this disaster that the British Embassy in Tokyo and RSA Japan Fellows’ Network teamed up to run workshops with 300 high school students in the areas that had been worst affected. We wanted to do something that would connect the stu