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[An evening discussing related population and digital]
A new form of regional management with digital technology
-Amaowa DAO: evolving relationships as a case study-
Ama Town in Shimane Prefecture is a remote island with a population of about 2,300 people located in the Oki Islands of Shimane Prefecture.

Ama Town in Shimane Prefecture was pushed to the brink of financial collapse over 20 years ago, but over the past 20 years it has continued to take on a variety of challenges with the support of many people both inside and outside the region.In recent years, it has been undertaking unique and original challenges such as the "Adult Island Study Abroad Program," the "Ama Town Official Ambassador System," and the "AmanowaDAO."

The number of people registered in the Ama Town Official Ambassador System, which began in earnest in 2024, has now exceeded 350.
The Ama Town Official Ambassador System, which allows people to experience the local "richness" and create new town development, regardless of whether they live in the area or not, is becoming a pillar of regional management.

Event Summary
This event will focus not only on digital technology itself, but also on the ideas behind the technology.
Technologies such as Web 3.0, DAO, and the Metaverse raise questions about the restructuring of relationships: "Who will be the main players in the community, and how will we create a society where people interact with each other?"
This question overlaps with the concept of relational population management that Ama Town is working on.

This event will explore the history and culture of Ama Town,
"The Ideas and Practices Behind Relational Population Management"
"Why aim for relational population management utilizing digital technology?"
We will delve deeper into these topics with a variety of guests.

We hope that this initiative, which started in Ama Town, will spread with empathy to many people and ambitious regions, and become a role model for regional revitalization.

\We look forward to seeing many of you who are interested!/

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People who are interested in local related population initiatives
People who are interested in new ways of managing local communities
Those who want to utilize ideas and technologies such as Web 3.0, DAO, and Metaverse in their local communities
Local government officials, local revitalization volunteers, and people involved in migration and population-related policies
 

📅Event Details
Date and time: Sunday, November 30, 2025
[Venue Open] 14:30
[Part 1 / Talk Session] 15:00-18:00
[Part 2 / Exchange meeting] 18:00-20:00

Venue: Shibuya QWS (SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE, 15th floor)
Entry fee:
Part 1 Talk Session Free
Part 2: Social gathering (light refreshments included) 2,000 yen
Participant capacity: Approximately 50 people

■Application deadline: Monday, November 24, 2025
*Applications for Part 1 only will be accepted until November 30th on the day of the event.

■Cancellation policy:
We will process refunds for inquiries made by 5:00 PM on November 24th. Please note that we will not be able to process refunds after that time.

<※Please note>
Due to the need to prepare food and drinks, walk-ins to the second part of the social gathering will not be permitted on the day of the event.
We ask for your cooperation in applying in advance.

🕑Timetable
[Part 1: Talk event]
15:00 Opening / Introduction to Ama Town, Shimane Prefecture
15:15 Session 1: "Unraveling the current situation and overall picture of Ama Town"
🟡Mizuha Marumoto and Ama Town Deputy Mayor Kakuei Nakagawa
▶This year, SciEmo Inc. and Ama Town collaborated to investigate Ama Town's urban development to date using sociological methods.
We will explore the history of Ama Town from a cultural and historical perspective, and discuss the vision for the future of Ama Town together with Ama Town Deputy Mayor Nakagawa!

16:00 Session 2: "The Vision of Ama Town with AmanowaDAO and Amaverse"
🟡Fumihiro Shindo × Toshiyuki Hatama
▶Ama Town aims to develop a town based on connected population, and is currently developing a system that utilizes WEB3/DAO/XR technology to enable people to connect with the community no matter where they are. Together with members who are actually involved in the development, we will explore the nature of relationships with the community!

17:00 Session 3: "Why is Web 3.0 necessary for regional management now?"
🟡 Junichi Suzuki × Yuki Minoda × Tatsuya Aoyama
▶Ama Town is not just focusing on adopting digital technology, but is focusing on using it to implement the concepts inherent in digital technology, such as "self-sovereignty" and "decentralized and autonomous."
We will be welcoming pioneers in these fields as guests and together we will think about how digital technology can be utilized and why it is necessary in urban development where the relevant population is the main players!

18:00 Part 1 ends

[Part 2: Networking event (with light refreshments)]
18:00 Networking session for speakers and participants
19:30 End

Talk Guest Profile
[Session 1] "Uncovering the current situation and overall picture of Ama Town"

Mizuha Marumoto | CEO of SciEmo Inc. / Researcher at Ritsumeikan University
After gaining experience in the planning and development, technical PM, and commercialization of IT solutions at Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., he went on to graduate school at Kyoto University, where he researched and developed the new business creation methodology "Emotion Driven." In 2020, he founded and manages SciEmo Inc. He launched the company's own business, Griffle, and is also responsible for the practical work of numerous new business creation and branding projects.

Satoyuki Nakagawa | Deputy Mayor of Ama Town / Director of Ama Corporation
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, he graduated from a university in Okayama and worked as a junior high school teacher for four years before joining the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In 2015, he was dispatched to Ama Town as a regional education promotion coordinator, where he was involved in the Dozen High School Promotion Project and the formulation of the Ama Town Comprehensive Regional Revitalization Strategy. He then returned to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, where he was in charge of school work style reform and the promotion of education in remote areas. He will be appointed Deputy Mayor of Ama Town on April 1, 2024.

<Second Session Moderator>

Yuta Kikuchi | Chief, Digital Economy Division, Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
After graduating from the Faculty of Law at Hokkaido University, he joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, working in Kasumigaseki, the Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Chugoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.
He has been involved in a wide range of fields, including support for small and medium-sized enterprises, electricity administration, information policy, and regional revitalization. He first learned about Blockchain in 2015, and has been thinking for many years about how to combine regional revitalization with token economics ever since. This is when he came into contact with Ama Town. In fiscal year 2024, he was in charge of budget requests and project support for AmanowaDAO as the main person in charge at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

[Session 2] "The Vision of Ama Town with AmanowaDAO and Amaverse"

Fumihiro Shindo | CEO of CodeFox / Representative Director of Hiroshima Web3 Association
After graduating from Waseda University Graduate School, he worked in security at Chugoku Electric Power for nine years.
After that, he served as an executive officer at a financial startup (JPYC Co., Ltd.) and then founded the IT startup CodeFox in Hiroshima.
As a director of the Hiroshima Web3 Association, he promotes government-commissioned projects and participates in projects for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications as a technical manager.
He is a certified Information Processing Security Specialist and has expertise in the practical application of information security, AI, and Web3. He is promoting regional DX from both a technical and management perspective.

Toshiyuki Hatama | CEO of B-Rise Co., Ltd.
He transitioned from a 3DCG creator to one of the earliest to recognize the potential of XR technology. He founded B-Rise Inc. in 2012. Since then, he has consistently pursued the value of "experience" and has implemented XR solutions in a variety of fields, including VR for training and AR for tourism. In recent years, he has also expanded into the fields of medical education and sports tech. He is committed to bringing about social change by combining AI and XR to create "innovation through experience."

Yuji Mishima | Shimane Prefecture Regional DX Administrative Efficiency Advisor
He has teamed up with Shimane Prefecture to promote the formation of a community that will advance regional digital transformation. He is in charge of project management for Ama Town's related population digital transformation, and is also promoting business expansion into areas that share the goals of Ama Town's related population digital transformation.

<Second Session Moderator>

Tsutomu Yamaguchi | Ama Town Future Co-Creation Fellow
He supports private companies in new business development, alliances, and digital transformation, leveraging his strengths in technology-based consulting. He also has extensive knowledge in a wide range of fields, including overseas business launches and organizational reforms such as finance.
In 2019, he founded the Omura Bay Data Consortium as Secretary General of the general incorporated association Publitech, working with Nagasaki Prefecture, Omura City, and multiple private businesses to promote digital transformation in society and the region, and also providing advice to local governments on smart cities.In addition, in May 2020, in order to further promote public-private co-creation, he founded the general incorporated association Public-Private Co-Creation Future Consortium, where he served as Director and Secretary General, and served as the general manager.In November 2021, he was appointed Okinawa DX Core Advisor to promote DX in Okinawa Prefecture.

[Session 3] "Why is Web 3.0 necessary for regional management now?"

Junichi Suzuki | Director, Dentsu Innovation Initiative, Dentsu Group Inc.
He specializes in research into "Blockchain 3.0," an environmental information regime driven by Web 3 (SSI). He is responsible for the development of ecosystem services using intangible assets (NFTs) in the value economy and the landscape design of future cities that take biodiversity into consideration. He also serves on the MIT Tech Review IU35 Advisory Board, as a director of the Blockchain Promotion Association (BCCC), and as a visiting associate professor at the Open University of Japan. He is also the producer of "Table Unstable," a science outreach program aimed at nurturing future scientists.

Yuki Minoda | Panasonic Holdings Corporation
He completed his doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University. After joining Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Panasonic), he promoted research and development of IP network technology and brain function sensing in the headquarters R&D department. He has also served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab, and worked on startup M&A and the launch of an innovation creation center in Silicon Valley, before moving to his current position.

Tatsuya Aoyama | Special Envoy for Population Management, Ama Town Office
Born in 1995 in Ama Town, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture.
Joined Ama Town Hall in 2019.
Aiming to develop the town based on creating new flows of people that will improve the fluidity and diversity of local and regional human resources, we have established the "Island Study Abroad for Adults," "Ama Town Official Ambassador System," and "AmanowaDAO."
We are currently exploring new ways of managing local areas based on related populations, which will enable the maintenance and development of local areas even in a society with a declining population.

"What is the Ama Town Official Ambassador System?"
This system, which began in earnest in May 2024, aims to create a new town through experiencing the local "richness" that lives there, regardless of whether you live there or not. It aims to deepen the relationship between the relevant population and the island, as well as to increase awareness of Ama Town and the number of new Ama Town fans. Appointed Ama Town Official Ambassadors will be given an "Ama Town Official Ambassador Card," a digital business card called a "Prairie Card," and will use the card to promote Ama Town.
Official website: https://amb.amanowa.jp/

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■ Organizer: Dozen Hometown Charm Foundation

It was established in 2014 with investment from the three towns and villages of Dozen: Nishinoshima Town, Ama Town, and Chibu Village.
We are working to create attractive and sustainable schools and communities through the "Oki Island Charm Project" to make education in the Dozen region more attractive, the "Adult Island Study Abroad Program" to create a new flow of people (return) to the remote islands, and the "Ama Town Official Ambassador Program."
Official website: https://www.okidozen.jp/

[Contact information for this event]
Dozen Hometown Charm Foundation, Related Population DX Division
Email address: ambassador@okidozen.jp

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