Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the opening of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan started from April 13, which MOL sponsors as a Bronze Partner. Based on the concept of "Wind Vision," MOL is exhibiting a large-scale model of Wind Hunter, a next-generation zero-emission vessel that produces and transports hydrogen by capturing wind, as a hands-on attraction for visitors, at the "Future City Pavilion", in the Future Life Expo, a Future Society Showcase Project.

[Highlights of the exhibit]

1. Hands-on "Wind Vision Attraction": When wind-generated by visitors waving traditional Japanese uchiwa fans-is blown through the 4-meter-long, 3-meter-high Wind Hunter model, a simulated voyage begins, and scenes of how hydrogen is produced, transported, and supplied are shown on the large screen in the back. Not only the sails of the model expand, contract, and rotate in conjunction with the wind, but the ending scene also changes depending on the amount of wind generated. This is one of the few visitor-participation attractions in the Future City Pavilion that allows visitors to play and learn as if they were enjoying a game, by linking models and images. Visitors can also take home the original uchiwa fans used for the demonstration as souvenirs of their visit.


An image projected at the hands-on "Wind Vision Attraction"
2. Original video: The 5 images projected on the large screen at any given time are based on the themes of "Creating a Hydrogen Society," "Harnessing the Infinite Wind," "Connecting Manufacturing," "Creating Value in Daily Life," and "Moving the Future," expressing the relationship of vessels with society, industry, and people, and brings the shipping industry closer to the visitors. In addition, a collaborative video of the exhibits featuring the Wind Hunter, which produces hydrogen, and the hydrogen-fueled next-generation mobility, exhibited by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. will be both projected on a powerful 17-meter-long screen.
3. Integrated production with Kawasaki Heavy Industries: The exhibition will adopt a joint exhibition format with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. which shares the common theme of hydrogen, and will feature collaborative video projection to give visitors a sense of the evolution of a future hydrogen society and mobility on a larger scale.

[Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Outline of MOL's Exhibit]

• Dates: Sunday, April 13, 2025 – Monday (Holiday), October 13, 2025
• Exhibit Zone: "Future Society Showcase" pavilion, "Transportation and Mobility" zone

The MOL Group has positioned environmental strategy as one of a keys to its management plan "BLUE ACTION 2035" and pursues initiatives to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 and sustainable development of people, society, and the Earth