{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d61a3efeab3a2635390a741d","clusterId":"c_fe1118d83de543930cfab031","slug":"cedec2026-keynote-japan-needs-a-playroom-to-nurture-national-wealth","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"CEDEC2026 Keynote: Japan Needs a Playroom to Nurture National Wealth","summary":"At CEDEC2026, Daiyuu Nobori, founder of SoftEther Corporation, delivered a keynote arguing that Japan needs a \"playroom\" to nurture national wealth. He introduced the concept of Annual Social Value, citing open-source software like SoftEther VPN, Ruby, TRON, and Fluentd as examples of technologies generating trillions of yen in societal benefit.","whyItMatters":"The keynote reframes game development know-how as a model for building foundational technology that can raise Japan's future GDP.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDaiyuu Nobori, a software technology research manager and founder of SoftEther Corporation, opened CEDEC2026 with a keynote that had little to do with games directly. His talk, \u0026#34;Establishment of Means of Production for Computer and Network Technology That Can Spread Worldwide,\u0026#34; argued that Japan needs a \u0026#34;playroom\u0026#34; to nurture national wealth.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobori introduced the concept of Annual Social Value, a monetary measure of the benefit society receives from freely provided technologies. He cited SoftEther VPN, an open-source VPN software, with an ASV of 41.1 billion to 61 billion yen. Ruby, TRON, and Fluentd were also mentioned, with ASVs reaching trillions of yen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lecture was streamed online, with time-shift delivery available until August 3 for registered attendees.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Daiyuu Nobori's CEDEC2026 keynote frames open source as national infrastructure, valuing SoftEther VPN, Ruby, TRON, and Fluentd by social benefit, not market share.","twitterPost":"Nobori's CEDEC2026 keynote redefines national wealth as social value from open source, citing SoftEther VPN, Ruby, TRON, and Fluentd.","threadsPost":"At CEDEC2026, Daiyuu Nobori proposed that Japan's national wealth is nurtured in a 'playroom' of open-source development. He valued SoftEther VPN, Ruby, TRON, and Fluentd by Annual Social Value, not revenue, shifting the metric from market to societal benefit.","newsletterBlurb":"At CEDEC2026, Daiyuu Nobori delivered a keynote arguing that Japan needs a 'playroom' to build foundational technology. He introduced Annual Social Value, citing open-source software like Ruby and SoftEther VPN as generating trillions in societal benefit.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2127591.html\",\"title\":\"What Is the \\\"Playroom\\\" That Nurtures Japan's National Wealth? Keynote Speech Report by Daiyuu Nobori [CEDEC2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4703,"outputTokens":605,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1785985531,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T03:01:25.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-06T03:02:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T03:01:25.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fe1118d83de543930cfab031","canonicalTitle":"日本の国富を育てる「遊び部屋」とは？ 登大遊氏基調講演レポート【CEDEC2026】","representativeArticleId":"a_70870f24a57fbff634d156b7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"登大遊\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-24T04:50:49.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-24T04:50:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-06T03:02:23.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GAME Watch (Impress)","url":"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2127591.html","title":"日本の国富を育てる「遊び部屋」とは？ 登大遊氏基調講演レポート【CEDEC2026】"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["登大遊"],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}