Abstract:

"JAPAN DREAMING takes a remarkable technological journey through Japan's culture and changing landscape. Director Sue Clayton focuses on the revolutionary advances being made, including visits to the 'new age' cities -- with such intriguing names as Lunar City and Alice Underground City -- which are providing the framework for the next generation. Japan is making large strides in science and technology in preparation for the 21st century -- clean and silent trains which levitate above the track, microbes which eat toxic waste, and computerized buildings which self-clean and switch off the lights when empty. JAPAN DREAMING finds demand everywhere in the country for environments which encourage creativity and make hi-tech more human. The emphasis is on peace, not war, and on the surroundings which promote serenity and harmony. JAPAN DREAMING reveals how this vision could be the blueprint for the world's future."