Coauthored by Chief Fellow Izumi Harada and published by NTT Publishing. Transition from an industrial society to a knowledge society has begun, and cities in Silicon Valley in the final stage of the industrial society a creator class was created in the United States. Creativity is the key in their activities which are developing creative cities. The knowledge society faces the challenge of how to create a ‘creative milieu’ which will induce activities of increasing number of people called the ‘creator class’ who possess certain types of occupation, lifestyle and inclination. This work explores the present state of some of the cities attracting attention as a ‘creative city’ and examines potential national strategies for Japan.

Kurieitibu Shiti-Shin Kontentsu Sangyo no Soushutu (Creative City - Creation of The New Content Industry)
Supervised by the Foundation for C&C Promotion
Written and edited by Izumi Harada
Written by Keisuke Kamimura, Tadamasa Kimura, Masahiko Shoji, Jiehua Chen, Motohiro Tsuchiya, Yasuhide Yamanouchi

Kurieitibu Shiti-Shin Kontentsu Sangyo no Soushutu (Creative City - Creation of The New Content Industry)
It is not the Internet that drive the knowledge society. A look at the New Knowledge Society created by cities of linked people.

Introduction: Toward a Networked Creative Cities (Izumi Harada)
Chapter 1: Strategies for Networked Creative Cities in the United States (Keisuke Kamimura and Motohiro Tsuchiya)
Chapter 2: Creative Industry in New Zealand for Re-Creation of New Zealand (Keisuke Kamimura)
Chapter 3: Strategies for Networked Creative Cities in Sweden (Motohiro Tsuchiya)
Chapter 4: Perspectives of the Information Society in the Bolognese Civic Society (Tadamasa Kimura)
Chapter 5: Barcelona ?Toward Networked Creative Society (Tadamasa Kimura)
Chapter 6: Creative Industry and Ubiquitous Cities in the Republic of Korea (Masahiko Shoji)
Chapter 7: Intellectual and Industrial Clusters and Creative Cities (Yasuhide Yamanouchi)
Special contribution: The Creator Class of Shanghai and its Rise (Jiehua Chen)