－ The event will be streamed live on the official YouTube channel! －
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) will hold the “1 Year To Be Before the Opening of the Expo Event ～Towards a brighter future for all～” on Saturday, April 13, 2024. The event will be live-streamed on the Association’s official YouTube account.
This event will feature a talk session by the eight thematic project producers, with each producer presenting the initiatives of the Signature Project and the attractiveness of the Expo.
Also, together with the newly appointed Special Supporter of the Expo, the official uniforms for the Expo site service staff, who will greet visitors at the venue, will be unveiled for the first time.
Starting today, information summarizing the schedule of the “1 Year To Go: ‘Let’s Go, Expo!’ Festival”, which is to be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Osaka, as well as the schedule of events, activities, and participation programs to be held in conjunction with the one-year mark before the opening of the Expo has been posted on the Association’s official website. We hope that many people will participate in the event, and we will work to create excitement and build further momentum in various regions one year before the opening of the Expo.
■ Overview of the “1 Year to Go Before the Opening of the Expo Event ～Towards a brighter future for all～”
Date and time: From 14:00 to 15:30, Saturday, April 13, 2024 (Tentative)
【Live Stream】
URL of the live stream (Japanese: Official YouTube channel）
https://youtube.com/live/DdnyP751IhM
※To watch the video in English, please switch the language from the URL (Zoom) below.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85430804713?pwd=e4AGYaCKevqsfrvimsqiocP5J868NA.1
▼Talk Session by the Thematic Project Producers
Facilitator IZAWA Takushi (member of QuizKnock, a Special Supporter of the Expo) will lead a talk session between the eight thematic project producers. Each producer will share their approach to the Signature Project and the attractiveness of the Expo.
○Thematic Project Producers
MIYATA Hiroaki (Professor, Keio University)
ISHIGURO Hiroshi (Professor, Osaka University, Director of the ATR ISHIGURO Hiroshi
Laboratories)
NAKAJIMA Sachiko (Musician, Mathematician, STEAM educator)
OCHIAI Yoichi (Media Artist)
FUKUOKA Shin-Ichi (Biologist, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University)
KAWAMORI Shoji (Animation Director, Mechanic Designer, Vision Creator)
KOYAMA Kundo (Broadcast writer, Vice president of Kyoto University of the Arts)
KAWASE Naomi (Filmmaker)
▼Announcement of the Official Uniforms
Official uniforms, including the best design of the uniform for the Expo site service staff that was publicly solicited from May 18 to June 19, 2023, will be introduced by AOKI Munetaka who was newly appointed as a Special Supporter of the Expo, along with the members of NMB48, KIRIYAMA Renn, and others.
○ Special Supporters of the Expo
AOKI Munetaka (Actor)
KOJIMA Karin (NMB48)
SHIOTSUKI Keito (NMB48)
SAKATA Misaki (NMB48), and others
〈Other events to be held one year before the opening of the Expo〉
■ 1 Year to Go: “Let’s Go, Expo!” Festival
・Time and Date: From 18:00 to 20:00, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (Tentative)
・Venue: Festival Hall (2-3-18, Nakanoshima Kita-ku, Osaka)
・Sponsored by: Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City; Co-sponsored by: The Japan Association for the 2025 Word Exposition
To commemorate the one year-mark before the opening of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, we will hold special program events for this day only, including a talk session on the theme of the Expo and sharing the attractiveness of and information about the Expo in order to build momentum in the run-up to the opening of the Expo. So please come and join us.
※Applications for this event are being accepted by Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City.
(Reference) 1 Year to Go: “Let’s Go, Expo!” Festival website (Japanese)
■ Various events and initiatives organized one year before the opening of the Expo
The Association’s official website provides information on the schedule of various events, activities, and participation programs to be held across the country one year before the Expo opens.
・ Introduction of events to be held one year before the opening of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/news/news-20240328 (Japanese)
Global Communication Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Email: globalpr@expo2025.or.jp