Message from the Chairman

What Takasaki University of Health and Welfare can do In “Society 5.0”

The technical innovation in robotics and the artificial intelligence will bring a prosperous and convenient society to people – that is “Society 5.0”. All people and products are connected, various knowledge and information are shared, and from right there unprecedented values and services will be created. In the new social system, the work style will change significantly and more than a half of the professions that exist today is expected to disappear. However, the fields of study to which the Takasaki University of Health and Welfare has engaged, such as “Food”, “Medicine”, “Welfare”,”Health” and “Education”, will remain indispensable to our live in any era. We will be expecting all high school students who will enter the university to explore these fields from a new angle and become the talent who will support the next-generation society.

What is Society 5.0?

Society 5.0 is a new concept of society which follows the Informatics Society (4.0), Industrial Society (3.0), Agricultural Society (2.0) and Hunting Society (1.0) that Japanese cabinet office formulated in the “Towards the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan” as a future vision of the society to which Japan should aspire.

Realize future-oriented “Agricultural Science” and appeal Japan’s agriculture to the world.

With the emergence of the “Society 5.0” era, Takasaki University of Health and Welfare has taken the bold step of establishing the Faculty of Agriculture, in 2019, where the latest scientific technology and ICT are actively introduced to provide breed improvement, logistics, merchandising, branding and marketing of agricultural products. Focusing on obtaining GLOBALG.A.P certification*, the worldwide standard for good agricultural practices, we will aim at fomenting world-class talents in the field of Agriculture who can, for example, produce high-quality agricultural products by making full use of the advanced technology such as drones and artificial intelligence to take the initiative in global markets. Our mission at Takasaki University of Health and Welfare, is to promote and bring the successful application of Japanese Agricultural methods, to the global stage.

* The worldwide-standard certification in agriculture that is given to excellent companies that take due measures in food safety, work environment and environmental conservation.

The Faculty of Agriculture Building completed in April 2019.

The building has various lecture rooms, both large and small, laboratories for different purposes and a processing room for agricultural products. A smart farm is planned to be constructed on adjacent land.

“Human Qualities” are essential to create new values.

The era of Human-Robot-Artificial Intelligence cohabitation is just around the corner. In order to create new value in the future society, we should cultivate the ability for problem-finding/solving and communication with others that only human beings can possess. An individual thinks about and practice what he/she can do for people and for society – it is exactly the essence of “Human Qualities” to be required in Society 5.0 and also corresponds with the spirit of “Jiri-Rita : Benefit self and Benefit others” – the philosophy of Takasaki University of Health and Welfare since its establishment. Takasaki University of Health and Welfare has made a new start as a comprehensive university with 5 faculties and 8 departments. We will be expecting that the university will help you acquire “Human Qualities” that contribute to people and society in any era.

Kenichi Sudo Chairman of
　Takasaki University
　　of Health and Welfare
Profile

• Completed his doctoral program at the Department of Research, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
• Director of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Participated as a post doctorate student in research activities conducted in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
• Appointed as Vice President of Gunma Women’s Junior College in 1991, and serves as a Chief Chairperson of the department of the junior university up to the present
• Chairman of the Association of Private Universities of Gunma prefecture
• Chairman of Gunma Regional/University Cooperation Joint Council