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2023.10.04 Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, “Pavilions for Private Sectors Concept Presentation” (First Series) Held
※Front row, from the left: OCHIAI Yoichi, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Thematic Project Producer, ISHINO Rie, EXPO2025 Promotion Committee, Project Leader, The Japan Gas Association, JIMI Hanako, Minister for the World Expo 2025, TOKURA Masakazu, Chairperson, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, KUDO Akiko, Member of the Board, Senior Vice President, Head of Alliances, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, ISHIGE Hiroyuki, Secretary General, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, MYAKU-MYAKU, the official character of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
※Back row, from the left: ONO TAKAOU, Pavilion Design Director, Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD, KOYANO Yuki, Deputy Executive Director, Mitsubishi General Committee for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, HARAGUCHI Yuichiro, General Producer, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, SAIJO Hirofumi, Secretary-General, Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee, OKADA Yasunobu, General Manager, The 2025 World Expo Office, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan  

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) held the Pavilions for Private Sectors Concept Presentation.
In the Pavilions for Private Sectors, each exhibitor will devise and present unique exhibitions and presentations in line with the Expo’s theme, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” aiming to create pavilions that will allow visitors to experience a future society and inspire them with excitement and empathy. Today, exhibitors from seven of the 13 Pavilions for Private Sectors to be exhibited at the Expo unveiled their promotional videos and mock-ups for the first time and presented their specific concepts of each of their pavilions. At the talk session, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Thematic Project Producer OCHIAI Yoichi served as a facilitator and introduced the attractive features of each pavilion.
On November 30, 2023, which marks 500 days before the opening of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, the sale of advance tickets will start.
With the aim of building momentum in the 500 days leading up to the opening of the Expo, Pavilions for Private Sectors exhibitors cooperated with us to provide an opportunity for all exhibitors to come together and make a presentation.
The second series of the concept presentation will be held on October 18. The six exhibitors who did not make a presentation this time will present their concepts then.

  1. Event title: Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Pavilions for Private Sectors Concept Presentation
  2. Date and time: From 1 pm to 3 pm, Wednesday, October 4, 2023
  3. Venue: Pasona Group Inc., PASONA SQUARE, 16F, Hall
    (Minato-ward, Tokyo)
  4. Program
    ●Concept presentation by Pavilions for Private Sectors exhibitors
    【Exhibitors from 7 organizations and companies】
     ※ not listed in any particular order
    NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Mitsubishi General Committee for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD, The Japan Gas Association
    ●Talk session by Pavilions for Private Sectors exhibitors ※Title of honor omitted
    Facilitator: OCHIAI Yoichi, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Thematic Project Producer

Photos at the concept presentation

Left: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Right: The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
Left: Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee
Right: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
Left: Mitsubishi General Committee for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
Right: Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD
The Japan Gas Association

Photo at the talk session with Pavilions for Private Sectors exhibitors

From the left: OCHIAI Yoichi, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Thematic Project Producer, KINOSHITA Shingo, Senior Vice President, Head of Research and Development Planning, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, OKADA Yasunobu, General Manager,The 2025 World Expo Office, The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, SAIJO Hirofumi, Secretary-General, Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee, HARAGUCHI Yuichiro, General Producer, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, KOYANO Yuki, Deputy Executive Director, Mitsubishi General Committee for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, TAJIRI Yutaro, Expo Project Manager, Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD, ISHINO Rie, EXPO2025 Promotion Committee Project Leader, The Japan Gas Association

※ Today’s presentation and talk session videos will be published on the Association’s official YouTube channel later.

For reference

※ Today’s exhibitors, pavilion names and official websites
■ NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
・NTT Pavilion “Natural” (tentative name)
・Official website: https://group.ntt/en/

■The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan
・Pavilion of Electric Power - Eggs of Possibilities
・Official website: https://www.fepc.or.jp/ (Japanese)

■Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee
・SUMITOMO PAVILION
・Official website: https://www.sumitomo.gr.jp/english/expo2025/

■Panasonic Holdings Corporation
・Panasonic Group Pavilion “NO MO NO KUNI”
・Official website: https://holdings.panasonic/jp/ (Japanese)

■Mitsubishi General Committee for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
・Mitsubishi Pavilion
・Official website: https://www.mitsubishi.com/en/

■Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD
・TECH WORLD
・Official website: https://tamayama-digital.jp/ (Japanese)

■The Japan Gas Association
・GAS PAVILLION OBAKE WONDERLAND
・Official website: https://www.gas.or.jp/ (Japanese)

Inquiries

Public Relations Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
E-mail: media@expo2025.or.jp