April 11, 2024

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Sysmex Corporation

Sponsorship of the “Public-Private Partnership Project Invite Hyogo’sStudents to EXPO 2025”- Providing Opportunities for the Future-Leading Generations to Experience Unique Learning “Here” and “Now”-

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Hereinafter Kawasaki, HQ: Kobe, Japan; Representative Director,President and CEO: Yasuhiko Hashimoto), Kobe Steel, Ltd. (HQ: Kobe, Japan; President, CEOand Representative Director : Yoshihiko Katsukawa) and Sysmex Corporation (HQ: Kobe, Japan;
President: Kaoru Asano) hereby announce today that we support the concept of the “Public-PrivatePartnership Project Invite Hyogo’s Students to EXPO 2025” (hereinafter referred to as the “theproject”), undertaken by Hyogo Prefecture, and will sponsor the project.
The project, undertaken by Hyogo Prefecture, aims to invite elementary, junior high, and highschool students from Hyogo Prefecture to the 2025 World Exposition in Japan (the Expo 2025
Osaka, Kansai, Japan). It provides future-leading generations with unique experiences andopportunities, only available “here” and “now,” to contemplate future societies and their ownfutures, while also raising awareness of the SDGs. Kawasaki, Kobe Steel and Sysmex all
headquartered in Hyogo Prefecture, support the concept of the project and will sponsor it.
Kawasaki will sponsor the “Future Life Expo: Future City” , which is a part of the Future Society
Showcase Projects at the Expo 2025. In the thematic area of Transportation and Mobility, Kawasaki
will showcase sustainable mobility that will move and inspire the people, things, and minds of thefuture, based on the concept of “Kawasaki Future World: Driving force for a prosperous society.”
Through the project, Kawasaki will provide children in Hyogo, where the company was founded,with an opportunity to see, touch, and enjoy the mobility of the future, and contribute to the creationof opportunities to think about the future society and their future, and to increase their interest in theSDGs.
Kobe Steel envisions a world in which people, now and in the future, can fulfill their hopes anddreams while enjoying safe, secure, and prosperous lives, as stated in the Kobelco Group
Corporate Philosophy. The purpose of this project, which looks at the present and the future, isconsistent with the philosophy. We believe that by sponsoring this project, we can help to revitalize
local communities and foster the development of children who will become future leaders. KobeSteel also sponsors Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan for Future Society Showcase Projects,
Future Life Expo: Future City.

Sysmex is sponsoring the Signature Pavilion (The Future of Life), a thematic project closely
connected with its corporate activities aimed at advancing medical services and achieving healthyliving for all and is promoting co-creation activities under the management of Mr. Hiroshi Ishiguro,
the producer of the thematic project. We support the project’s concept that provides learning
opportunities for students and contributes to the expansion of local school education, creating
platforms for them to contemplate future societies and their own futures. Through these activities,
Sysmex will work as a group to promote social contribution activities in order to contribute to therealization of vibrant local communities.
Public-Private Partnership Project Invite Hyogo’s Students to EXPO 2025
Overview:
Hyogo Prefecture and companies in the prefecture arecollaborating by inviting students from the prefecture to Expo 2025
Osaka, Kansai, Japan, a special place of learning that can only beexperienced “here” and “now,” to create opportunities for them tocontemplate future society and their own futures.
Implementation content: Distribute tickets to schools that wish to have their students visit
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, as part of their school events
Partner companies:
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Kobe Steel, Ltd. and Sysmex
CorporationReferences
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
August 2, 2023 news release: “Kawasaki to Sponsor Future Society Showcase Projects
Exhibition ‘Future Life Expo: Future City’ Project at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan”
https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20230802_6377
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
August 2, 2023 news release: “Kobe Steel to Sponsor Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan for
Future Society Showcase Projects, Future Life Expo: Future City”
https://www.kobelco.co.jp/english/releases/1213731_15581.html
Sysmex Corporation
April 18, 2022 news release: “Sponsorship of the Thematic Project ‘Amplification of Lives’ ofExpo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan”
https://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/news/2022/220418.html

The information contained in this press release is current as of the date of the announcement but may be subject to change without priornotice.