Web Forum Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
(March 2022)

～ Designing Future Society for Our Lives ～

In 2025, ‘Expo 2025’ will be held in Osaka, Kansai with the theme of ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’.
We are convinced that ‘Expo 2025’, a huge project for a new era that has overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, will serve as a platform where the world can work together and seek ways to achieve a sustainable future.
In this Web Forum, Dr. Alaa Murabit, UN High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment and Economic Growth, and Dr. Oussouby Sacko, President of Kyoto Seika University and Deputy Chairman of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition will raise issues about the sustainability of the world in the future and discuss the role that will be played by Expo 2025 in addressing these issues.
Moreover, to help us further understand the attractiveness of Osaka, Kansai from the perspective of international business, we will invite speakers from diverse backgrounds who have visited Osaka, Kansai and are currently active in various fields.
We hope that you will recognise the significance of ‘Expo 2025’ by viewing the Web Forum.
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Organizer

WAKAMIYA Kenji

Minister for the World Expo

Minister in Charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision
Minister in Charge of Policies on Cohesive Society
Minister of State for Special Mission (Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Cool Japan Strategy, Intellectual Property Strategy)

TOKURA Masakazu

Chairman, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Chairman, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

TOKURA Masakazu

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Outline of Expo 2025 Osaka,
Kansai, Japan

Greeting from Chairman Tokura

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is just three years away. Thus, we are working diligently to prepare for its success.

Expo 2025 is an international event with the aim of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a concept that will contribute to the realisation of SDGs, Japan has conceived of a vision of a future society called ‘Society 5.0’, which it has set out to achieve through Expo 2025. We will proactively work in cooperation with both the public and private sectors to ensure the active participation of numerous companies that represent each country and Japan, the host country.

As of March 4, 2022, 86 countries and 6 international organisations have already confirmed their participation. In the thematic projects called ‘Brilliance of Life’ Projects, the eight producers of the thematic projects have presented an overview of the pavilion concepts and exhibition images. Expo 2025 will be positioned as the ‘Expo site as a model for Society 5.0’ and will be developed as the ‘Future Society Showcase’ projects to encourage broad participation and the implementation of innovative ideas at the site. Thus, for these projects, we will invite companies to use the Expo site as a showcase for the future society as they participate and incorporate advanced technologies and systems from six perspectives, including the Smart Mobility Expo, Digital Expo and Future Life Expo, amongst others.

Thus, Expo 2025 is looking forward to the participation of people from all over the world, with a variety of content that will inspire visitors. In this regard, we acknowledge the fact that the World Exposition cannot be held by the efforts of a single country alone. Success can be achieved only through the combined efforts of all those involved. This web forum will be an opportunity to consider, together, the significance of international expositions and the theme of Expo 2025, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’. In addition, it is our hope that this forum will both deepen your understanding of the theme and act as a catalyst in its realization.

Together, let us work to create a future society.

We look forward to your active participation in Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Chairman, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

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SASAKI Nobuhiko

Chairman & CEO,
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

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Courageous collaboration: Building the future society..together

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Designing Future Society for Our Lives—What is the happy way of life?

Interview
Osaka, Kansai as a place for business

Turning the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Bay Area into a Global Startup Ecosystem

The Kyoto – Osaka – Kobe Bay Area is accelerating an innovation ecosystem at the center of western Japan, Kansai region. This video series introduces the Kyoto – Osaka – Kobe Bay Area from five perspectives: ecosystem overview, why overseas startups have entered the area, growing cutting-edge technologies, concentration of companies in the life science field, and attractions of the three cities.

Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Bay Area Innovation Ecosystem

Why Startups Choose KYOTO, OSAKA, KOBE?

Cutting-Edge Technologies at KYOTO, OSAKA, KOBE

Life Science at KYOTO, OSAKA, KOBE

Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe – a Tale of Three Cities –

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan PR Corner on the First Floor of the Japan Pavilion
at Expo 2020 Dubai; Large Screen Video
(Screening period: 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022)

Organizer

WAKAMIYA Kenji

TOKURA Masakazu

SASAKI Nobuhiko

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KEY NOTE 1 Courageous collaboration: Building the future society..together

KEY NOTE 2 Designing Future Society for Our Lives—What is the happy way of life?

Interview Osaka, Kansai as a place for business

Turning the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe Bay Area into a Global Startup Ecosystem

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan PR Corner on the First Floor of the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai; Large Screen Video(Screening period: 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022)

KEY NOTE 1
Courageous collaboration: Building the future society..together

KEY NOTE 2
Designing Future Society for Our Lives—What is the happy way of life?

Interview
Osaka, Kansai as a place for business

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan PR Corner on the First Floor of the Japan Pavilion
at Expo 2020 Dubai; Large Screen Video
(Screening period: 1 September 2021 to 31 March 2022)