[Future Life Experience “TEAM EXPO Pavilion” Public Relations Office] [Osaka/Kansai Expo
Future Life Village Newsletter August issue] Participating companies have finally been decided! Also “TEAM EXPO 2025 MEETING” in TOKYO held!
*Future Life Experience “TEAM EXPO Pavilion” Public Relations Office* Press release: August 28, 2024
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[Osaka/Kansai Expo Future Life Village Newsletter August issue] Participating companies have finally been decided! Also “TEAM EXPO 2025 MEETING”
In TOKYO held!
Future Life Experience & “TEAM
EXPO Pavilion is planning to issue a newsletter for members of the media multiple times starting this month, with the aim of increasing momentum and awareness in the lead-up to the opening of the
Osaka/Kansai Expo. Future Life Village*2 topics include Future Life Experience & “TEAM
EXPO Pavilion”, we will send out information on companies and organizations participating in the venue.
Official website: https://www.expo2025.or.jp/future-index/future-life/flv/
*1 Participating companies and organizations will be announced in due course. *2 “Future Life Village” is the name of the venue where the Future Life Experience & “TEAM EXPO Pavilion” will be held.
* (1) A future society where life shines, designed by the culture of the future “Ekimo values” / Kinden Co., Ltd. (Theme: Culture) * * Exhibition contents: *
Kinden Co., Ltd., which operates a comprehensive equipment engineering business with three pillars of energy, environment, and information, allows you to experience the comfortable spaces of the future through the comfort evaluation value “Ekimo Value”. “Ekimo Value” quantifies comfort from [voice], [gesture], etc. collected from wearable terminals, sensors, camera images, etc. without the visitor actively instructing the machine, creating a comfortable and comfortable space. This is a system that automatically controls air conditioning, lighting, etc.
Please experience the world (future) of people-oriented (comfort, aesthetic value) from the world (present) of mere energy and cost savings.
*Participation period at Expo venue: April 22nd to 28th, 2025*
* (2) People who breathe life/Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. (Theme: SDGs) * * Exhibition contents: *
No matter how much technology develops, it is the people who make the most of the vehicles. They are created by human hands, powered by human power, become vibrant and dynamic, and eventually end their lives and are recycled.
The KONOIKE Group, which operates a wide range of businesses beyond the realm of logistics, including steel, food, medical care, and airports, depicts these many vehicles as they really are, and allows you to feel with your whole body the cycle of “vehicles = life.” I’ll have it.
*Participation period at the Expo venue: May 27, 2025 to June 23, 2025*
* (3) Future disaster prevention experience/Seiryo Electric Co., Ltd. (Theme: Culture) *
* Exhibition contents: *
Seiryo Electric is an ICT solution company that responds to customers’ various social issues with the aim of creating a safe, secure, comfortable, and sustainable future. We are planning an exhibition with the theme of “Future Disaster Prevention Experience” by bringing together the technology and know-how in disaster prevention and mitigation that we have cultivated over the years.
We will create content that will create moving experiences and new surprises for visitors, and contribute to the creation of a
sustainable future society by changing people’s behavior even after the exhibition ends.
*Participation period at the Expo venue: May 13th to 19th, 2025*
* (4) Technology for realizing safe, secure, and comfortable cities in the future / Sekisui Jushi Co., Ltd. (Theme: Culture) *
* Exhibition contents: *
Since its founding in 1954, Sekisui Jushi Co., Ltd. has been engaged in business in a wide range of public and private sectors by leveraging composite technology to manufacture products that contribute to safety, security, and environmental conservation. Under our group slogan, we provide products and services that help solve social issues and help realize a sustainable society that supports the safety, security, and comfort of people around the world.
https://www.sekisuijushi.co.jp/ ).
The exhibit will allow visitors to experience the future of life, with the theme of creating safe, secure, and comfortable roads, towns, and working environments.
*Participation period at the Expo venue: May 13th to 19th, 2025*
* (5) First in Japan! Measure antioxidant power (rust-proof power) with sweat! Easily rejuvenate with plant exosomes! ! /D.Realize Co., Ltd. (Theme: Healthcare)*
* Exhibition contents: *
The era of 100-year life. Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. It is inevitable for people to grow old. When oxidation, glycation, and inflammation occur in the body, aging is further accelerated. They also lead to arteriosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, and adult diseases. D.Realize Co., Ltd., which operates a health and beauty business and a training school for beauty intestine trainers, is a group clinic of the company, and together with Realize Clinic, which provides regenerative medicine and beauty medicine, we will introduce a convenient sweat treatment. Using a device that measures antioxidant power, we are conducting Japan’s first initiative to demonstrate that drinking a plant-based exosome drink increases antioxidant power, activates cells, and rejuvenates the body.
* Participation period at the Expo venue: May 27, 2025 – June 2, 2025 * * (6) Wall materials for the future/Nichiha Co., Ltd. (Theme: Building materials) *
*Exhibition image
* Exhibition contents: *
Under the corporate slogan of “Creating a Wonderful Human
Environment,” Nichiha Co., Ltd. operates businesses that include ceramic exterior materials, which have the No. 1 market share in Japan, as well as building materials that promote decarbonization and are considerate of the global environment. For a limited time, we will be exhibiting “sustainable resource recycling” wall materials (e.g. carbon offset siding, etc.) that utilize unique wood resource utilization technology and waste recycling.
Through the exhibition of architectural materials called “walls,” which are difficult to associate with the word “carbon neutral,” we offer a place for awareness that can be a step toward efforts to “create a sustainable future.” Experience the ideal form of a future “wall” that will address the social issues of “reducing CO2 and reducing waste.”
*Period of participation at the Expo venue: September 30, 2025 to October 13, 2025*
* (7) About “future oral care products” / Hakuzo Medical Co., Ltd. (Theme: Healthcare) *
* Exhibition contents: *
Hakuzo Medical, a medical hygiene material manufacturer that manufactures, develops, and sells three sanitary products such as gauze, bandages, and absorbent cotton, infection prevention products, and oral care products for nursing care, is a manufacturer of medical and hygiene materials that will excite visitors to the future. We will exhibit “oral care products”. In a super-aging society, oral care can become a pillar of protecting people’s health.
Visitors can expect to receive care while visually checking and suctioning dirt in their mouths.
We hope that you will not only see the “oral care products of the future” but also have fun while learning about oral care.
*Participation period at the Expo venue: June 17th to 23rd, 2025*
* (8) Bringing spine care closer to you – A healthy daily life created by the harmony of mind and body / Minato Medical Science Co., Ltd. (Theme: Healthcare) *
* Exhibition contents: *
Is your body easy to move? The impact of poor posture on health will continue to be an issue in future society. What kind of approach will the future of healthcare require?
A comprehensive rehabilitation manufacturer aiming to create a society where people can live healthy and active lives forever.
Minato Medical Science Co., Ltd. proposes spinal column care from both the mind and body using our unique synchrowave technology.
In the future of healthcare, spine care will become more familiar. We envision a future in which this technology will be integrated into daily life, supporting a healthy and active life through harmonization of mind and body.
*Participation period at the Expo venue: May 20th to 26th, 2025*
* (9) ◤ Big power of small bubbles ◢ Let’s all go on a great adventure that connects lives! /Mutsuki Denki Co., Ltd. x Sigma Technology Co., Ltd. (Theme: Healthcare)*
* Exhibition contents: *
We contribute to the environment and medicine through nanotechnology using water. There are people around the world who are battling serious illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. I want to save those people. The latest technology developed with this in mind has created a “small bubble hero” with great power.
Once the tiny bubbles enter the body, they travel through the blood vessels, exerting the power to weaken bad cells and revitalize good cells. I want to bring hope and connect lives to people suffering from illness. A great adventure with a hero with such a mission begins. *Participation period at Expo venue: June 17th to 23rd, 2025*
* (10) Development of earthworm-type inspection robot/Morimura Metal Co., Ltd. (Theme: Architecture/Infrastructure, Environment/Disaster Countermeasures)*
* Exhibition contents: *
Morimura Metal Co., Ltd. will exhibit an “earthworm-shaped robot” developed through joint research with Osaka Public University. This robot uses a unique patent-pending mechanism that mimics the peristalsis of an earthworm, allowing it to easily overcome narrow spaces and tall obstacles. In addition, since it is equipped with a camera and can be operated from a handheld controller, it can be inspected even in blind spots such as behind the ceiling, contributing to maintenance that ensures the safety and security of buildings. We hope that visitors will be able to experience the actual operation and operability, and use this as a place to explore new maintenance possibilities.
*Participation period at Expo venue: April 15th to 21st, 2025*
* (11) Healthy Lifespan Extending Exhibition – Brightening your life with Yao data – / Yao City x Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine x Yokohama City University (Theme: Healthcare) *
* Exhibition contents: *
A joint project between Yao City Public Health Center Healthy Community Development Science Center, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Public Health, and Yokohama City University Communication Design Center. We will set up an experience booth with a “healthy lifespan test” created by analyzing data from Yao citizens in Osaka Prefecture, and by answering simple questions, you can experience predicting your healthy lifespan and receiving suggestions for extending your healthy lifespan.
Yao will exhibit a display that will increase the number of people dancing the authentic “Kawachi Ondo” based on the participants’ desire to extend their healthy lifespans. Let’s create the world’s most lively Bon Odori circle by combining everyone’s thoughts for a healthy and vibrant future!
*Period of participation at the Expo venue: July 8th to 14th, 2025*
* (12) How to use sustainable plastics – One-way food containers – / Rispack Co., Ltd. (Theme: Culture) *
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* Exhibition contents: *
Rispack manufactures and sells food packages such as bento boxes and side dishes sold at supermarkets and convenience stores. We will make proposals for the sustainable use of one-way plastic food containers (containers that are not reused after use, but are collected as garbage or resources), which are light and durable and are
indispensable in modern life.
Rispack’s thoughts on the usefulness of plastics, which are essential for safe and secure food distribution, and on issues such as global warming and the depletion of limited resources, including information on the latest materials and technologies. We will hold an exhibition where you can experience what plastic should be.
*Participation period at Expo venue: October 7th to 13th, 2025* * -Other topics- *
* ■“TEAM EXPO 2025 MEETING” in TOKYO will be held! *
“TEAM EXPO 2025 MEETING” in TOKYO was held on July 30, 2024 in Takanawa, Tokyo. “TEAM EXPO
2025 MEETING” is the “TEAM EXPO Pavilion” entry.
2025” program registrants and “TEAM EXPO
A co-creation event aimed at creating active encounters, dialogue, and co-creation among event attendees, including those who have registered for the 2025 program.
This time, it will be the first time that the event will be held in Tokyo outside of the Kansai region, and 15 co-creation challenges will gather to promote their activities through stage presentations and booth exhibitions, as well as interact with other co-creation challenges and co-creation partners. I did.
At the event, a talk session was held by Seiichi Saito, 2025 Osaka/Kansai Expo EXPO Co-Creation Program Director. Director Saito touched on the origins of the International Exposition (World’s Fair), which was first held in 1798, and explained that World’s Fairs are a place for everyone to share innovation.
“Contrary to the structure of modern society, which is vertically divided by categories and has few opportunities for interaction, various organizations, companies, public institutions, etc. are working together to think and implement various ideas across fields and borders. I think an Expo is a place where people can connect with other people.” He explained the reason for the Expo’s existence, and went on to say, “The Expo is a place where people who have the same issues can connect with each other, so the people who gathered on this day “I want people to connect with us and engage in exchange and co-creation,” he appealed to the visitors. Afterwards, at the venue, participants and visitors were seen actively interacting at booths and at the venue, just as they had said.
In addition, this event was held in collaboration with East Japan Railway Company, a sponsor of the EXPO Co-Creation Project, at the Tokyo Co-Creation Center located near Takanawa Gateway Station. Yard
It was held at “Building”. TAKANAWA is a place for co-creation by companies, schools, and people from Japan and abroad, with the theme of “a testing ground for a spiritually enriching life 100 years from now.”
GATEWAY CITY Tokyo Yard Building. “TEAM EXPO
TEAM 2025″ program theme and is highly compatible with the vision of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which brings together the world’s wisdom and considers social issues.
We will carry out various initiatives such as “Theme Sessions,” an event that brings together EXPO 2025 program participants.
https://team.expo2025.or.jp/ja/partner/354
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc8kRO2X7b0&t=1222s
* ■About Future Life Village, which consists of Future Life Experience and “TEAM EXPO Pavilion” *
Among the 2025 Japan World Exposition Association’s “Future Society Showcase Project” and “Future Life Expo,” “Future Life Experience (hereinafter referred to as FLE)” where you can experience “future living (food, culture, healthcare)” , “TEAM” where you can experience “action for the future”
EXPO Pavilion’ will feature companies (SMEs, startups, etc.), educational/academic/research institutions (universities, research institutes, etc.), national and government-related organizations (independent administrative agencies, etc.), international
organizations, local NGOs, and NPOs. , a variety of entities such as various organizations and individual groups can participate. By bringing together a wide variety of questions and proposals based on the concepts of “future living (food, culture, health care)” and “actions for the future,” various participants will be able to improve their relationships with each other and with visitors. It will be a place where people can have a dialogue with each other, think about what the future society will look like, and realize co-creation. At the “Connected World Expo,” which consists of “dialogue and co-creation,” Future Life Experience and “TEAM
At the “EXPO Pavilion,” we will be introducing Co-Design, which is a project to bring new things to life at the Expo by a variety of players through “co-creation.”
We decided to utilize the goods and services produced by the Challenge program. Future Life Village is a place that aims to realize a future society through a “Connected World Expo” that consists of “dialogue and co-creation.” Similarly, through “co-creation”, a variety of players are involved in a project to realize new things at the Expo. Co-Design
Goods and services produced through the Challenge program will be used as facility equipment and equipment.
Furthermore, the “Co-Design Challenge” will be “taken as an opportunity from the Osaka/Kansai Expo, and will be held in various locations across Japan.
Based on the concept of “creating the future of Japan’s lifestyles (towns),” “1. Use the Expo as an opportunity to create something new,” “2. It is a co-creation initiative,” and “3. Twelve projects have been selected for fiscal 2023 under the program, which has the following characteristics: .Working from a design perspective” and 4.Working without a large amount of capital.
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Furthermore, in the 2024 recruitment, the feature of “5. Working to attract customers to the region” was added, and 11 new projects were selected (see press release for details). The goods produced in these 11 businesses are
* It will be used as an in-facility item at Future Life Village.
In addition, this exhibition facility will be designed by young architect Mai Komuro (KOMPAS JAPAN
Designed by First Class Architect Office Co., Ltd. Based on the venue design concept of “Diverse, yet one,” we will create unique and attractive expo facilities within the venue through ambitious and bold proposals that will lead to the achievement of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). I’ll go.
Reference (Co-Design Challenge program):
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/co-creation-index/co-design-challenge/ Reference (young architect):
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2400530_wakate7_GW.pdf
* ■What is the co-creation challenge? *
TEAM EXPO 2025 is a participatory program created by everyone, where diverse people form teams and take on the future of the Osaka/Kansai Expo and beyond through a variety of activities.
Among them, the “co-creation challenge” is *
In order to realize the theme of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, “Designing a Future Society that Brightens Life”, the activities of teams that are taking the initiative to take action or are planning to take action for the future*
About. *Anyone can enter, regardless of the field, as long as they are progressing with excitement*.
* ■What is TEAM EXPO Pavilion? *
The TEAM EXPO Pavilion is a place for participatory expo practice. What can be presented and exhibited at this pavilion are:
1) “TEAM EXPO 2025” program
Since its launch in October 2020, many activities have been registered as a participatory program, including activities aimed at solving social issues and achieving SDGs, as well as companies that want to share their efforts with the world. *
Approximately 3,000 groups were recruited from among the participants, and through “dialogue” with many people, including visitors and fellow exhibitors, a diverse group of participants both domestically and internationally will take the lead in achieving ideals and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. We aim to create “co-creation” in which we can work together to create a future society that is * 2) Best practices
A program that selects high-quality projects that solve global issues and displays and disseminates them at the Expo venue. At the Osaka/Kansai Expo, “TEAM EXPO
We will recruit from among the activities registered in the “2025” program, * Projects selected as “particularly good examples that are practical, reproducible around the world, and can be used for the future” will be exhibited in the “TEAM EXPO Pavilion”*
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* ■What is Future Life Experience? *
We are recruiting participants who will send out proposals related to future living under the concept of “Future Food,” “Future Culture,” and “Future Healthcare,” etc. We will not only provide information to visitors, but also provide hands-on experiences. Through dynamic displays of molds and other objects, we aim to create a fun and memorable project.
A variety of people from countries and companies (including small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups) will send out questions and suggestions through hands-on exhibits, rather than just showing exhibits and listening to explanations of the “Life of the Future.” * ■What is Future Life Village? *
At the 2025 Osaka/Kansai Expo, Future Life Experience and TEAM Venue where “EXPO Pavilion” will be held (abbreviation: FLV).
* ▼Press release*
https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d137692-3-45a27d9ba2d62e89e62f9c333b973f95.pdf *About this release details*
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000137692.html