抄録
The theme of the 2022 symposium is "Transforming capitalism and the bearers of the formation of a symbiotic society - Phase changes in the global economy, environment, agriculture, and cooperation, and challenges for regional revitalization - " , and consisted of three reports. In the first report, it clarified the overall picture of the transformation of capitalism from a large macro perspective. Problems and issues in Japan's current situation are clarified regarding the transformation of the capitalistic economy, immaterial development, decarbonization(environment), disparities(digital economy), social and human investment.In the second report, an analysis was made of the transformation of Japan's food security system in the midst of economic globalization. Concerning the destabilizing situation of the times, it indicated the direction of the reform of the current state of affairs, focusing on food and agricultural policies, toward the better national agricultural policies that Japan should pursue.
In the third report, trends in the cooperative sector, associations, and the social solidarity economy were reported as counter-sectors in the capitalistic economy. In Japanese society, where there are concerns about super-aging and regional decline, the issues were presented regarding the bearers of the symbiotic social system.
