抄録
This series of articles is for presenting the outcomes obtained through activities by the
Research Committee on Society Design, Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology
(TRAFST). In order to solve the problems our modern society is now facing, new approaches more
positive and more predictive are required for designing social institutions and social functions. The
committee discussed the present situations, promising approaches, and successful cases of society
design, and consequently could suggest some directives for future researches. Promotion of such
transdisciplinary studies fits the objectives of TRAFST.