News Release
Japan Pulp & Paper Participating at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
We hereby announce that Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tokyo, Japan; Representative Director, President & CEO: Akihiko Watanabe; hereinafter “the company”) together with its group company, Corelex Shin-Ei (Head Office: Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture; President: Akira Kurosaki, hereinafter “Corelex Shin-Ei”), which manufactures recycled household paper, are participating in the latest World Expo (commonly known as “Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”) that commenced on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
Overview of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
| Name | Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter, “Expo 2025”) |
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| Period | Sunday, April 13 ~ Monday, October 13, 2025 |
| Venue | Yumeshima, Osaka ... Konohana-Ward, Osaka City |
Expo 2025 aims to share solutions to common human challenges globally and co-create a future society under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” Japan Pulp & Paper are participating in the Future Life Experience presentation unit located in the Future Life Village (FLV) area, which is a focal point of the expo.
The Future Life Experience presentation unit is designed to foster dialogue among participants and visitors by bringing together diverse questions and proposals related to “future life” and “actions for the future.” It aims to explore and co-create the lifestyles of future society, through exhibits and presentations focusing on areas close to everyday life such as “food of the future, “culture of the future,” and “health care of the future.”
At Expo 2025, our company plans to communicate the universal value and further potential of paper, dispel misconceptions about paper and the environment, and allow visitors to experience its harmony with the global environment through booth displays and various workshops. We aim to provide visitors with new discoveries and impressions of paper, by introducing new possibilities of paper through exhibits and videos, and by encouraging visitors to touch paper, learn about paper, and increase their curiosity about paper.
Corelex Shin-Ei is collecting paper waste composed primarily of used paper plates and containers from the expo venue, recycling them into toilet paper, and supplying them back to the venue. Additionally, the company is introducing initiatives to create a circular economy at the venue.
We sincerely hope many of you will visit the Expo 2025 venue and experience our group's vision and initiatives for the future of society.
Introduction of Our Group's Participation
Best Practices: Selected from public applications for the TEAM EXPO-registered Co-Creation Challenge projects.
Best Practices is a program at Expo 2025 aimed at showcasing high-quality projects that address significant global issues. From projects submitted worldwide, 25 were selected based on their alignment with the Expo's theme of “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the certainty of their impact, potential for regional development, and their expected contribution to a better future.
Our company applied under the theme of “Creating a Future Adorned with Paper Yarn Products” and was selected as one of the 25 projects.
| Date & Time | Open 10:00~21:00, April 13 ~ October 13, 2025 |
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| Location | Best Practices Area inside the Future Life Village ⇒Situated 500m northwest of the Expo’s symbolic Grand Ring |
| Exhibition Method | Panel exhibition and video broadcast |
| Exhibition Contents | “Creating a Future Wearing Paper Yarn Products”（by TEAM KAMIITO） The exhibition is promoting paper yarn and paper yarn products, and proposing a circular economy through the promotion of paper yarn products, and also introducing solutions to issues through panel displays and a 3-minute video broadcast. |
Future Life Experience（FLE）
Booths will be set up for visitors to touch and learn about paper, and hands-on workshops will be held using paper.
| Date & Time | Open 10:00~21:00, July 15~21, 2025 |
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| Location | Booth D3 at the Future Life Experience located inside the Future Life Village (FLV) |
| Exhibition Method | Booth exhibits and various workshops |
| Exhibition Contents | Theme: Future Living: The Great Potential and Value Creation of Paper, “Paper is Great!! for Nature” Subtheme: “Children's Room of the Future”...Proposal of learning, playing, and living spaces that make hearts dance |
Future Life Experience Stage Presentations
Through a theatrical performance and quiz for the audience, this event will clear up misconceptions about paper and provide an interesting and fun way to learn about paper.
| Date & Time | 15:00～17:00, July 18, 2025 |
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| Location | Special stage inside the Future Life Village (FLV) area |
| Exhibition Method | Paper Wonderland (Small play and quiz with visitor participation) |
| Exhibition Contents | 100 years into the future, there will be no more paper! A family from the future comes to the Expo and to their surprise, they have never heard of paper! Together with the people of the future, we hope you will learn about paper and clear up any misconceptions you may have about paper by taking the quiz posed by the paper salespeople you happen to meet at the Expo site. |
Future Society Showcase Project: “Green Expo - Recycling of Hard-to-Recycle Wastepaper”
Corelex Shi-Ei is collecting wastepaper generated within the Expo 2025 venue and recycling it into toilet paper. While paper is used for various purposes within the Expo 2025 venue, Corelex Shi-Ei is manufacturing toilet paper using not only general mixed paper* but also paper plates from food courts and other types of wastepaper that are typically incinerated as combustible waste or are difficult to use as raw materials. This initiative contributes to the circulation of resources by reducing waste and using the recycled toilet paper within parts of the Expo venue, as part of efforts to reduce the environmental impact of Expo 2025.
*Mixed paper: Wastepaper other than commonly collected types like newspapers, containerboard, and milk cartons.
For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact:
The Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. Public & Investor Relations Office on +81-3-5548-4026
