April 28, 2022
Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation
for Transport & Urban Development (JOIN)
JOIN and EIA signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote investment
for EIA’s Airport City Sustainability Campus and Hydrogen Hub The above photo was taken after a series of the MOU
signing ceremony among EIA and each company (11companies including JOIN) related to the EIA’s Hydrogen
Hub or hydrogen-related business. In the middle is theHonourable Randy Boissonnault, Federal Minister ofTourism and Associate Minister of Finance, and on hisright is the Consul General Tatsukuni Uchida of ConsulateGeneral of Japan in Calgary.
 The photo on the left was taken at the MOU signing among
EIA and JOIN. From the right end is President and CEO
Tom Ruth of EIA, Senior Executive Managing Director
Fumio Inagawa of JOIN, Vice President Myron Keehn ofEIA.

Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & UrbanDevelopment ( “ JOIN ” ) and Edmonton International Airport (EIA) signed aMemorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to cooperate with each other to promote
investment for leading innovation in advanced technologies, advanced manufacturing,e-commerce, distribution, logistics with EIA’s Airport City Sustainability Campus aswell as EIA’s development of Canada’s first consumer-facing hydrogen hub.
The Edmonton Metropolitan Region is designated as a primary AI research andinnovation hub in the Pan-Canadian AI strategy. EIA is also a vital multi-modal cargo
hub for Canada and home to Port Alberta, one of Canada’s Foreign Trade Zones formanufacturing and logistics. The region has also the largest energy industrial area in
Canada and produces over 60% of Canada’s hydrogen. There is a strong focus on
decarbonization and many opportunities to produce blue hydrogen or blue ammonia.
EIA’s Airport City Sustainability Campus development will attract a wide range ofthe technology, cargo, and hydrogen-related industries. With EIA’s hydrogen hub
development, there are many opportunities to create a model for the decarbonizationof transportation and logistics. Therefore, JOIN and EIA are strengthening theirstrategic partnership to expand investment and business opportunities for both Northand South American companies and Japanese companies.
In addition, JOIN and EIA will pave the way for expanding smart city services in
EIA’s Airport City Sustainability Campus, following EIA’s partnership with NTT andits on-demand bus project that has already been introduced successfully in May 2021.

Mr. Tatsuhiko Takesada, President and CEO, JOIN, said, “We are excited to sign theMOU with EIA under abiding partnership and would like to strongly support EIA’sHydrogen Hub development. As the first successful example of our partnership, we
have already achieved success with the smart transportation project and the cuttingedge digital technologies introduced by NTT group. Our projects under this JOIN andEIA partnership will contribute to Japan’s priority policy of the carbon neutrality andthe use of digital technologies/data stated in Japanese government's "Infrastructure
System Overseas Promotion Strategy 2025". So we are convinced that EIA will becomea showcase of smart and sustainable city for both countries.”

Mr. Tom Ruth, President and CEO, EIA, said, “Following the success of our ondemand bus project launch, we are thrilled to build on our partnership with JOIN intechnology, cargo, and hydrogen. Our shared values in driving innovation in asustainable way will serve as a strong foundation to creating jobs, stimulating
economic development, and decarbonizing transportation. We look forward topartnering with JOIN on more projects and are excited for what our future holds.”

（Press Contacts）

Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment
Corporation for Transport & Urban Development
Project Department
Kento Tokumaru
TEL：03-5293-6724
Email: tokumaru-k@join-future.co.jp
Edmonton International Airport
Darrell Winwood
Digital and Corporate Communications
TEL: 587-338-4454
Email: dwinwood@flyeia.com