Critical Signals from the Japanese Government's Moonshot Goal 8 Project

The Japanese government's Moonshot Goal 8 project aims to create a society safe from extreme winds and rains by controlling the weather by 2050. Led by Kosei Yamaguchi (Kyoto University), a key part of the project is developing devices like turbines, curtains, and cloud seeding to calm (not control) extreme rain. The Weather Commons Research Group, led by Tsuyoshi Hatori (Ehime University), is developing and exploring 'weather commoning’. This involves the exploration of symbiotic relationships with weather patterns and disasters, non-normative ethics based on local community practices, and citizen participation in technological development.

Please join weather commons group leader Tsuyoshi Hatori and member Chris Berthelsen (originally Tāmaki Makaurau) for an introduction to the state of weather control, calming, and commoning research and activity in Japan. This is a space for open discussion, but you are also free to sit back and listen.