Long before “circular economy” became a buzzword, Japan, an archipelago scarce in many natural resources, developed an aesthetic in which limits were generative rather than restrictive. This sensibility emerged from geography, climate and religious tradition, reaching systematic expression in the Edo period. Meiji Japan consciously adopted linear-progress thinking, yet the older wisdom doggedly persisted. Join us for a discussion that explores that persistence and asks what it might offer: not anxiously waiting for breakthrough solutions, but finding beauty and social utility in working within limits.

This Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego is organized by the Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS). For more information on activities, as well as recordings of previous Japan Zoominars, please visit jfit.ucsd.edu.

If you have any questions, please contact GPS Events Coordinator Bev Fruto.