Press Release

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) will launch a “Reuse Matching Project” to ensure sustainable operations and the effective use of resources after Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”) as part of the “Green Expo” one of the future society showcase projects.
Seven sponsors have been selected to plan and operate the “EXPO CIRCULAR MARKET MYAKU-ICHI!”, an online system to facilitate the Reuse Matching Project. Applications for sponsors of the Reuse Matching Project will be accepted until the opening of the Expo in 2025. New sponsors will be announced on the official website of the Association as they are decided.

About the Reuse Matching Project
The “EXPO CIRCULAR MARKET MYAKU-ICHI!” (hereafter referred to as “MYAKU-ICHI!”) online service provides a service to match supply and demand for the reuse of venue resources at the Expo. The Expo will act as an opportunity to promote the reuse of facilities and equipment throughout Japan and work towards reducing industrial waste and achieving a circular economy. For major facilities such as Pavilions and the Grand Roof, an enquiry desk will be set up on the “MYAKU-ICHI!” to conduct hearings with potential users. For the reuse of building materials and equipment, there will be a bidding system on “MYAKU-ICHI!”.

　　　　　　Banner of the “EXPO CIRCULAR MARKET MYAKU-ICHI!” Reuse Matching Project Online System

Schedule for the Reuse Matching Project (planned)
Applications and public offerings will be held through the “EXPO CIRCULAR MARKET MYAKU-ICHI!” according to the following schedule:
(1) Removal and Deconstruction of facilities, etc.
　  Period: Tuesday, 6 August 2024 to the end of December 2024 (planned)
(2) Reuse of building materials and equipment
　 Period: January 2025 to the end of October 2025 (planned)
(3) Reuse of furniture and fixtures
　 Period: From around October 2025 to the end of March 2026  (planned)

Sponsoring companies (in alphabetical order)
　　・Daiei Kankyo Co., Ltd. (Osaka)
　　・DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (Osaka)
　　・Hamaya Corporation (Saitama)
　　・Ishizaka Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Saitama)
　　・JEMS Inc. (Ibaraki)
　　・Mizuho Leasing Company, Limited (Tokyo)
　　・Maynards Japan Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)

(For Reference)
About the Future Showcase Project
This is a general term to mention a group of projects that provide experiences to a wide range of participants and visitors from Japan and abroad by utilising technologies and services that realise the theme of the Expo, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” for the development, operation, exhibition, and events of the Expo site which will be a “People’s Living Lab”, in the form of “demonstration” that gives a sense of the future after 2025 and “implementation” that is suitable for the Expo.

(Enquiries)　　
Global Communication Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Email: globalpr@expo2025.or.jp