How can countries regenerate and bring new life to underpopulated regions? Japan, with its ageing population, is turning to innovative digital technologies as part of a new programme named Digital Garden City.
The village of Kamiyama, in Tokushima, which has 5,000 residents, is a good example of such regeneration. Its rebirth can be attributed to one man and intensive broadband development. “I asked myself: Can I transform this beautiful place into a Silicon Valley? And that’s why I began the digitalisation of the town,” explains Ominami Shinya, director of NPO Green Valley who grew up in the area.
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