With this book, and now that such a long time has passed, I would like to shed light
on the origins of the Sunshine Project, how it continued, and whether it produced
any results. I would also like to consider the reasons why policies were successful
in some areas but did not have the intended effect in other areas. By tracing the
history of the project, we may learn how technology innovation was employed to
achieve policy goals with a high degree of public interest, such as technology
research and development, or finding solutions to environmental energy problems.
Researching the history of the Sunshine Project is not the only aim of this book.
Rather, if we can present suggestions for how to structure national projects, it may
also be possible to identify ways for industry, government, and academia to put
their collective heads together to find solutions not only to environmental energy
problems, but also to social problems such as the food crisis, social disparity and
poverty, and the aging population and the decline in the birthrate. Therein lies the
goal of this book.
The main part of this book consists of three case studies interspersed with two
reflective chapters. The first case study describes the Sunshine Project from the
perspective of project management. Based on the perspective of government, the
chapter investigates methods for managing projects effectively and efficiently to
achieve the goals. The focal points in the chapter are environmental awareness,
technology forecasts, organizational structure, budget allocation, and outcome
assessment. The history of the Sunshine Project is mainly described from the
perspective of project management based on the official history of the project.