It is a fundamental desire to enjoy a livable life in a city that is both creative and easy to live in. However, in the real world, local cities have problems such as shutter shopping streets, shopping refugees, and lonely elderly people.   This book summarizes ideas and examples of “Tr...

In April 2013, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) implemented a large-scale monetary easing policy (quantitative and qualitative monetary easing) that it called “a new dimension.” At a press conference, BOJ Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, pronounced that the bank will double the money supply in two year...

We try to “read” the minds of others. Naturally, I’m not talking about exposing secrets hidden in people’s minds, through dubious techniques like mentalism. “Mind” here refers generally and collectively to an individual’s thoughts, intentions, emotions, atti...