On February 21, 2025, Higashiura Junior High School in Higashiura-Cho welcomed the EXPO School Caravan. Mr. Kenji Sugimoto, Deputy Secretary-General of the Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee, led a class introducing students to Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
The EXPO School Caravan is an initiative led by the Secretariat of the Headquarters for the World Expo, Cabinet Secretariat. It aims to use Expo 2025 as an opportunity for children and students across Japan to envision the society of the future and consider how their actions can help shape it for the greater good.
The presentation was delivered to 255 eighth graders. As an official exhibitor, the Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee provided an overview of Expo 2025, explained the significance and purpose of Sumitomo’s participation, and introduced key features of the Sumitomo Pavilion.
In the second part of the class, the students asked questions, such as “Which SDGs is the Sumitomo Pavilion focusing on most?”, “What is the economic impact of the Expo?”, and “ Given the decline in the number of people involved in the forestry, what does the future hold for the industry?”
Higashiura Junior High School plans to visit Expo 2025 in June on a school trip for ninth graders.
The Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee conducted a total of eight classes for the EXPO School Caravan.
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