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March 10, 2025 ― On April 13, 2025, KDDI will release Virtual Mirai City, a service that integrates "The Future Life Expo: Future City" (hereinafter, the "Future City"), one of the Future Society Showcase Projects of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, with KDDI's metaverse/Web3 service platform "αU." Virtual Mirai City is a virtual space themed around the concept of "Thinking about the future that we hope to live in." Based on the theme of the Future City, "To the city of happiness," KDDI and nine other sponsors of the Future City have created a human-centered urban space as envisioned by Society 5.0. Users can enjoy a unique virtual experience through avatars, exploring a future in which humanity has overcome social issues while trying out technologies that will enable such a future. We aim to provide users with the opportunity to think about the ideal future by exploring Virtual Mirai City. Overview of Virtual Mirai City 1...

Creating Collaboration in an “Ever Evolving City" It was from the stage of the CES 2025 in Las Vegas that Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda announced the completion of building construction at Toyota Woven City – from the very spot where in 2018, he declared Toyota’s goal to transform into a mobility company, and in 2020, shared with the world his intention to develop Woven City, a test course for mobility. After a groundbreaking in 2021, buildings for the first phase of the project were completed in October 2024, and we have been busy preparing for the official launch planned for the fall of 2025, which will see the first residents move in. “For me, at its core, Woven City is about collaboration… it's about the opportunity to weave together diverse points of view, talents and abilities… to create a new kind of fabric for our future – a future where we hope to not only move people… but move hearts,” said chairman Toyoda at the CES press conference on...