Issue Date

July 2024

Theme

EXPO2025 and Osaka — The Legacy of the Expo and Urban Development toward 2050 

Table of Contents

Greetings

Takeyoshi Ishihara

Chairman, Osaka Regional Development Survey Association

Preface

Toward the Success of the Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai and Further Growth of Osaka Leveraging the Expo’s Impact
Hirofumi Yoshimura
Governor of Osaka Prefecture

Special Interview

The Future of Japan-Germany Exchange — Cooperation and Co-Creation Between Osaka and Germany as a Legacy of EXPO2025

Melanie Saxinger

Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Osaka-Kobe

Special Reports

Post-Disaster Reconstruction Amid Population Decline: Lessons from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake
Taku Sugano
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University

Innovative Temporary Housing Allocation Planning During the Noto Peninsula Earthquake
Yasunobu Onishi
Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

The Present of Oku-Noto Triennale — Astonishing Artworks of May 18
Kunio Yoshino
Chairman, Dan Urban Planning Institute
Executive Director, ORDPC

Special Feature 1: EXPO2025 

Interview: The Future Society Aimed by EXPO2025
Kazushige Nobutani
Director-General, Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

Interview: Expo Legacy and Innovation in Kansai
Yoshiyuki Miyabe
Representative Director, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives

Urban Development Focusing on Osaka’s East-West Axis
Hiroyuki Shogaki
Director, Development Coordination Division, Planning Coordination Bureau, Osaka City

From the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo Toward the 2030 Riyadh Expo
Shinya Hashizume
Specially Appointed Professor, Research Promotion Organization, Osaka Metropolitan University
Director, ORDPC

Taiichi Sakaiya and Sakyo Komatsu — Dreams Entrusted to the 1970 Expo
Toshinori Uzawa
Councilor, ORDPC

About the Keihanna Expo
Tomoaki Kawai
Executive Director, Foundation for the Promotion of the Kansai Science City

Contributions

EXPO2025 and Carbon Neutrality — Toward the Practical Application of Cutting-Edge Technologies
Kazuya Tada
Director, Industrial Creation Division, Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Osaka Prefecture

"Osaka-Kansai Expo and the City of Sakai" — Pursuing the SDGs Through Public-Private Collaboration
Kaoru Hanaya
Executive Director, Policy Planning Division, Mayor's Office, Sakai City

Expo Legacy and the New Trends of Urban Development in Higashi-Osaka
Kazuyuki Kai
Deputy Director, Planning and Finance Division, Higashi-Osaka City

Special Feature 2:Future University City 2050 

Opening of Morinomiya Campus in Fall 2025, and the Urban Development of “Higashi”
Shinichi Fukushima
Chairman, Osaka Public University Corporation
Director, ORDPC

About the Future University City 2050 Working Group
— Proposing an International Cultural and Academic Urban Axis in Kansai —
Yukihiro Kakuno
Professor Emeritus, Kwansei Gakuin University
Director, ORDPC
Chairman, Future University City Project 2050 Working Group

Kansai Innovation Forum: East-West Axis Forum II
Secretariat

Traditional Japanese Architecture and Craftsmanship 

Report on the Traditional Architecture and Craftsmanship Research Meeting
Chinatsu Tokoro
Architect, Atelier CK
Executive Secretary, Research Group on Traditional Architecture and Craftsmanship

The “Kogari” Space in Japanese-Style Rooms
Mitsuo Takada
Professor, Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Director, ORDPC

Japan-Germany Dialogue on “UTSUWA (Vessels)” – Event Report
Ryo Kanbayashi
Chief Secretary, UTSUWA Project Executive Committee

Running Through Spring in Germany — Rediscovering Local Diversity
Rieko Uchida
Architect, Morizo Design Studio

Uemachi Hills Art Project 

Art Without Definite “Works” — Participating in the Uemachi Plateau Art Walk

Santo Oshima

Chief Producer / Curator, Arts Support Kansai (ASK) 

ST Research Group 

FY2023 Report from the Shopping Town Research Group
Rikei Fujioka
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Director, ORDPC

Foundation Overview 

Secretariat