Mitsubishi Logisnext is
a bronze partner for
the Theme Weeks of Expo 2025,
Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
Why we participate in Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, has opened under the theme, Designing Future Society for Our Lives.
Mitsubishi Logisnext is a Bronze Partner of the “Theme Weeks,” an initiative in which countries from around the world create a “Future Society for Our Lives” and solve global-scale issues through dialogue.
The environment surrounding our logistics, a deemed infrastructure that sustains society today, is dramatically transforming.
The increasing demand for logistics due to the expanded e-commerce and other businesses has been further diversifying customer needs for smaller, more segmented, and faster deliveries, yet with high-quality operation. Consequently, the logistics worksite is under strong pressure to improve its operational efficiency and work environment, while addressing social issues such as labor shortages.
Under these circumstances, Mitsubishi Logisnext is working on a variety of initiatives to improve the efficiency and sustainability of its logistics operations. In the meantime, the company also values opportunities for each employee to go outside the workplace and company and learn from the outside. This is because the company believes that the knowledge and stimulation gained from outside will motivate each employee to take the next step and become aware of new issues.
By participating in the Theme Weeks and actively getting involved in Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, we will be able to interact with people from a variety of backgrounds, including experts, companies, and organizations. We see this as an unrepeatable opportunity.
Mitsubishi Logisnext will take advantage of the opportunity of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, to expand our possibilities for co-creation with our many stakeholders.
Our activities at the venue
Events Calendar
- Talk session event The Future of Community and Mobility
- Talk session event Health and Well-being
- Talk session event Learning and Playing
- Talk session event The Future of the Earth and Biodiversity
- Booth displays TEAM EXPO Pavilion Booth Displays (10:00 to 21:00) Venue Map
- Stage presentation TEAM EXPO Pavilion Stage Presentation (Starts at 14:00, 2.5 hours) Venue Map
- * Talk session event venue: West Gate Zone Theme Weeks Studio
Theme Weeks: We utilized four themes when conducting our activities.
The “Theme Weeks” is an initiative in which countries from around the world create a “Future Society for Our Lives” and solve global-scale issues through dialogue.
About the Theme Weeks | Theme Weeks of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan
From the eight themes of the Theme Weeks, we have selected the following four themes that are closely related to our Purpose and Materiality (important issues), which we defined by considering the importance to our business, as well as the interests and impacts of our stakeholders. Then, we are participating in the relevant planning sessions hosted by the Expo Association and expanding business networking with fellow participants.
As a company that promotes sustainability management, we will contribute to solving various social issues through our efforts.
The Future of Community and Mobility
Key question:
What is a community where we can live as we are?
〈 Session Theme 〉
- 1. Transforming into sustainable region & cities
- 2. Integration of the real & digital worlds
- 3. Creation of next-generation community and mobility
Health and Well-being
Key question：
How do we realize a society where the well-being of each person resonates?
〈 Session Theme 〉
- 1. Advancements in science & technology
- 2. Well-being ecosystem creation
- 3. Well-being management & education
Learning and Playing
Key question：
What should humans learn in the era of AI?
〈 Session Theme 〉
- 1. Learning in the era of AI
- 2. Equitable access to learning
- 3. Harnessing the strengths of diverse personalities
The Future of Earth and Biodiversity
Key question：
What do we need to do to preserve the earth for future generations with abundant and diverse life?
〈 Session Theme 〉
- 1. Preserving natural capital
- 2. Achieving a circular economy
- 3. Tackling climate change
TEAM EXPO 2025: We provide booth displays and stage presentations.
TEAM EXPO 2025 is a participatory program created by people from all over the world, with a variety of teams and activities to take up the challenge of making a better future for Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and beyond. We are engaged in the activities of the Co-Creation Challenges and Co-Creation Partners, specific examples of these activities.
TEAM EXPO 2025 | About TEAM EXPO 2025
Logistics is the lifeline that sustains the economic activities of a city. Improving its sustainability is essential to develop an urban infrastructure that ensures convenience, security, and safety. As part of the Co-Creation Challenges, we aim to create a Community Where We can Live as We Are and contribute to the further evolution of mobility from the perspective of the Movement of Goods. We believe that this initiative is closely related to the theme of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, Designing Future Society for Our Lives.
Designing the future society from a logistics perspective
Booth displays: EXPO 2025 Visitors
Stage presentation: Designing the future society from a logistics perspective | EXPO 2025 Visitors
We expanded our activities beyond the venue; we gain bigger opportunities to learn.
Taking advantage of the Expo as a starting point, we expanded our presence outside the company.
We participated in the Nikkei SDGs Festival held in Osaka from February 17 to 19, 2025.
At the event, local governments, companies, universities, and organizations working on social issues gathered to set up booth exhibits, hold talk sessions, and announce their activities for the future.
At the talk session held under the title, A New Challenge for the Expo: What the Theme Weeks Means, on February 17, Hiroyuki Sugiura, our company's Head of Engineering Headquarters took to the stage to report our efforts to realize a sustainable logistics infrastructure and our activities at the Expo.
Personnel and business networking with external partners
Together with Cascade (Japan) Limited, another participants in the Team Expo 2025: Co-Creation Challenge as we are, we conducted the first demonstration experiment in Japan of an autonomous guided forklift (AGF) with single-double pallet handlers.
This AGF is equipped with a special attachment, single-double pallet handler, that enable one forklift to handle one or two pallets.
This type of attachment is already in use on manned forklifts in the beverage industry. It is expected to be applied to AGFs to respond to the need for unmanned operation.
Both companies participate in the TEAM EXPO 2025 program and plan to continue collaborating at future events in and after Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
Starting exchanges with students and children's cafeterias through the Expo activities
Through our project activities of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, we are exploring new business ideas that can lead to solutions to global-scale social issues. On the other hand, we are also interacting with students and children who will be responsible for the future of society to expand exchanges of information with the next generation.
By continuing this exchange, we hope to share our activities with the next generation.
Activity archives (including plans)
2025
- October 2025
TEAM EXPO Pavilion: Booth Displays and Stage Presentations
Please look forward to our future activities! - April 2025
Theme Weeks Studio: Opening Ceremony and Opening Expo
The opening ceremony for the Theme Weeks Studio was held on April 4 and a letter of appreciation was presented to our company.
- February 2025
Participation in the Future Life Village Expo Pre-Event and Nikkei SDGs Festival
With the Expo’s opening on April 13 approaching, the number of related events is gradually increasing.
2024
- April to December 2024
We participated in planning sessions for the Theme Weeks Agenda 2025.
We participated in planning sessions for four themes, discussed the nomination of moderators, and offered our opinions for the plans. - September and November 2024
Networking with other companies
We expanded new networking possibilities through Expo activities. - October 2024
Visit to our Kyoto Heady Office by Nikkei student reporting team
We received a visit by a student reporting team from Nikkei Future Society Co-Creation Engine sponsored by the Nikkei Inc. to cover our Expo project activities. We will continue to actively engage with Generation Z and strive to gather collective wisdom and knowledge from a wide range of generations. - July 2024
In-house activity, Sustainability Training
Targeting our Expo project members as the main audience, we invited an external lecturer to conduct training on the theme, Thinking about the Relationship Between Sustainability and Business on the Subject of the SDGs. - May 2024
Theme Weeks General Sponsors Press Conference and Expo Networking Event
We participated in the Theme Weeks General Sponsors Press Conference and EXPO Networking Event hosted by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. - April 2024
The project began a year before the opening of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
We held a kickoff meeting to mark the first step in the project to participate in the Agenda 2025 of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.