The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, in collaboration with the “KIBO Space Broadcasting Station (1)”, which provides interactive live video transmission connecting space and the ground from the International Space Station, will hold an event to distribute “Future New Year Gift NFT (2) from Space” as a business collaboration service with the “EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet” of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”). This event is scheduled to take place during the New Year’s Eve livestream to be broadcast on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 23:00.
The “EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet” will encourage many people to acquire various types of NFTs and become familiar with this service, which will further build momentum for the Expo.
Astronaut YAMAZAKI Naoko, Senior Advisor to the Expo, will also appear on the interactive livestream, which will connect the International Space Station and the ground venue, Toranomon Hills Station Tower (Minato-ward, Tokyo).
※1 KIBO Space Broadcasting Station: The studio was established in the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” on the International Space Station to provide an interactive connection between space and the ground. The world’s only live space entertainment program, “A 90-minute Journey Around the Earth,” was developed.
※2 NFT (Non-Fungible Token): Non-substitutable digital data created based on the blockchain
EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet’s business collaboration service utilizes NFT based on the latest technology blockchain (*3), and collaborates with various companies prior to the Expo to provide momentum-building services that “connect” the Expo and its users through the digital wallet.
MYAKU-MYAKU will appear on the New Year’s Eve interactive live-streaming event, which will be conducted in collaboration with the KIBO Space Broadcasting Station operated by the Bascule Corporation that connects the International Space Station and the ground venue, Toranomon Hills Station Tower, and will present “Future New Year’s Gift NFT from Space”.
※３Blockchain: Blockchain is a type of database technology that records information and manages data in units called blocks, which are connected like a chain to store data.
An interactive New Year’s Eve live stream will be broadcast on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at approximately 11:00 p.m. between the International Space Station and the ground venue.
The program will be distributed free of charge via KIBO Space Broadcasting Station’s X (Twitter) account and YouTube channel. For more information, please check the official KIBO Space Broadcasting Station website.
https://kibo.space/en/ss24/
Astronaut YAMAZAKI Naoko, Senior Advisor to the Expo, will also appear on the live stream to convey the importance of taking on the challenge of creating the future.
Using this event as an opportunity, EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet’s business collaboration service is also planning a New Year’s Eve event at the end of 2024 in cooperation with the KIBO Space Broadcasting Station. Furthermore, in 2025, we aim to hold an event at the Expo site during the Expo.
The following websites have been launched to introduce the use of EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet and other information. Please take a look.
▽ Application download links
＜App Store URL＞
https://apps.apple.com/jp/app/id6450660947 (Japanese)
＜Google Play URL＞
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.hashport.hashwallet (Japanese)
▽ Introduction of business collaboration services
https://expo2025-wallet.com/en
▽ Introduction of financial collaboration services 【①MYAKU-PE! (electronic money), ②MYAKU-PO! (points), and ③MYAKU-N! (Expo 2025 Digital Wallet NFT site Expo‘s unique NFT) 】
https://www.expo2025-dwfs.jp/en/
Public Relations Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
E-mail: media@expo2025.or.jp