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All Japan Konbou Association
MIRAI SAKAI EXPO
Expo Kamishibai Project
Hirai Marche Executive Committee
SUNTORY Street corner pavilions
Winery Tour and Traditional Japanese House Stroll
e METRO MOBILITY TOWN
mini mimi expo
Demonstration operation of an autonomous bus service around the Morinomiya area
Kansai Curry Security Association
Wanpaku Expo
KUUZO~Expo? More like Eatspo!
Grand Sumo Expo Naniwa Expo, Kadoma, Japan
Osaka JOINER
Sakishima Children’s EXPO
HH EXPO
Water Metropolis Osaka Bridge Terrace
Fukae Festival
Exhibitions of Exposition
2025Midosuji Satellite Plan
Smart Street – Minami Migration Creation Project
Community Attract Project
Umeda Town Guide Escort
”LIVE EFFECT” Street Live in the City
Registered Cultural Properties EXPO
Osaka Sakuyahime SDGs Study Group Team City Planning
Osaka Eemachi Project
Kitakagaya BIG★BANG
SDGs LABO Wakamono Idea Contest & Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Countdown Event Online Relay Talk “From Belgium to Osaka Celebrate International Women’s Day with Mimosas!
Osaka River Fantasy
URA EXPO
Disaster Prevention in Future Towns
KANSAI ALLYMO
Miyakojima Future EXPO
FactorISM
Tsukamoto Coffee Market
Sayama Pond Clean Action”Sayasasu” for EXPO2025
ONIGIRI WOW!
Osaka Pro Wrestling Expo Project
Project “nomonoco”
Night Pavilion
DocoDemo Festival Osaka
The Photogenic Osaka Project
OPEN FACTORY CITY YAO
Let’s touch the Taishogoto, a musical instrument born in Japan.
AMEMURA Re:SAIKOO
Machikado Live Creation 2024
Expo Anthem Orchestra
Doshomachi Revitalization Project
EXPO Sakaba – North / South Main Branch
OSAKA-HAKU
NAKANOSHIMA PAVILION FESTIVAL 2025 ～A Festival of Academic Arts in Aqua Metropolis Osaka～
Higashiyokobori River ING Project
Eeyan Machi Fes
Osaka Good Yokan
EXPO Bar
Kandai Banpakubu
Pre-EXPO 2025 OSAKA, KANSAI Commemorative Project
Sakuya Working Community
Osaka Sakuyahime SDGs Study Group
EXPO SENSHU BISHOKU
YOLO Pavilion
EXPO2025 Sakuyahime Congress
Aqua Metropolis Osaka
Traditional Performing Arts EXPO
Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Kansai Area “EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai Momentum Fostering Working Group”
The Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation
Higashiyokobori River Edible Park
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NIO Kazuyo
KAWAI Yasuko
ARIMOTO Hiroka
KAWACHI Kazuhiro
MAKI Kayoko
YAMADA Mariko
YAMAMOTO Yoshie
YAMAMOTO Masaki
FUJIOKA Keiko
SUGIMOTO Yoko
INOSE toshiyuki
MATSUO Yasuki
OSAWA Kenichi
NODERA Yuuki
SAKO Ryota
IWAMOTO Yuhei
OBAYASHI Kensho
Mizuki Nasu
HANAOKA
MATSUMOTO Keisuke
BABA Hiroyuki
Ikuno Goto
MATSUI Masao
GIMA Kenta
HAGIWARA Koji
MATSUBA Sayaka
[OLD]山本 超基
Kiyofumi Deguchi
HOSHINO Sachiyo
UTSUNOMIYA Yoriko
OKAMOTO Eri
TAKEMOTO Yohei
SASAKI Yusuke
KAI Rieko
AKAMATSU Maya
SENDA Tadashi
MURAKAWA Hideo
KOTANI Miki
BINGHAM Ayako
MATSUI Iyoko
FUJIMOTO Kayoko
EINAGA Chiharu
ABE Mayumi
MOTO Nami
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Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Umeraku
YAMADA Mariko
- CEO of ippo Inc.
She graduated from the Department of Piano, Faculty of Instrumental Music at Osaka College of Music. After working in a private company and serving as a manager in sales promotion and marketing, she left the corporate world after ten years.
Her experience with both childcare and eldercare, known as “double care,” during her time as a homemaker led her to recognize the importance of community and social connections. This realization inspired the launch of the local community initiative “Umeraku” in 2016, based in the Umekita and Nakatsu areas of Osaka.
She began working as a community welfare coordinator in 2019, contributing to regional welfare efforts and supporting community-led events such as “Nakatsu Expo.” After stepping down from that role in October 2023, she established ippo Inc., a company specializing in resilience.
The company provides a wide range of services, including support for the development of business continuity plans (BCP) for nursing care facilities, disaster preparedness drills, training program development, and organizing workshops in collaboration with developers to foster strong residential communities.
We anticipate that many people from overseas will visit Japan and the Kansai region during the Expo. To enhance the image of Japan as a safe and secure country, we will actively share information through events and websites, and ensure that content on social media is available in both Japanese and foreign languages to reach international audiences effectively. We also aim to continue these efforts beyond the Expo, using this project as a starting point. Through ongoing activities, we hope to introduce visitors to attractive towns and communities across the country where inspiring people live, and to support tourism promotion and MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) attraction initiatives.
