History of Content Industry Archives Research Center コンテンツ産業史アーカイブ研究センター

History of Content Industry Archives Research Center コンテンツ産業史アーカイブ研究センター
ZEN大学

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2026
03/27
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ZEN University HARC held a public recording session featuring i-mode founders Mari Matsunaga, Keiichi Enoki, and Takeshi Natsuno.

On March 31, 2026, the final day of the service, the 27-year history will be summarized. ZEN University's Content Industry History Archive Research Center (HARC) will hold a public recording on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, the day NTT DOCOMO's "i-mode®" service ends, featuring Mari Matsunaga and Keiichi Enoki, who played a central role in the service's creation, along with Visiting Professor Takeshi Natsuno of the university.

2024
02/01
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On January 28, 2024, we co-hosted "The Present and Future of Japan's Game Archives" online.

On January 28, 2024, we co-hosted "The Present and Future of Japan's Game Archives" online. The forum’s organizers were following:  the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studie (host), the provisional ZEN University Historical Archives Research Center (co-host), and the Consortium for Game Archives (supported organization). 

This forum aimed at strengthening the importance of game preservation and collaboration between industry, government and academia. The forum began with an introduction by Koichi Hosoi, director of the Historical Archive Research Center, followed by a keynote speech on "The Practice of Archives Philosophy" by Ken Akamatsu (member of the House of Representatives).

The latter part featured discussions from industry key figures on the current state and challenges of game preservation from the perspectives of the nation, industry, and academia.