Consisting of two parts. The first is a transcript of a speech I gave for the New Shikoku Creative Forum（新四国創造フォーラム）, held at Imabari city 今治市 on Oct 17, 2009, sponsored by the Shikoku Economic Federation 四国経済連合会. The second part is a record of the panel discussion that followed, with Matsuyama University Economics Professor Suzuki Shigeru  松山大学経済学部教授 鈴木茂; Tokushima Bunri University Visiting Professor David Morton 徳島文理大学客員教授 ディビット・モートン; Imabari Meitoku Polytechnic Lecturer Wang Mingjiong 今治明徳短期大学職員 王明炯; and Head of Takamatsu Branch of Asia Airlines Ri Mingzhu アシアナ航空高松支店長 李明洙 .