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Oct 24, 2025

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Director Yutaka Amao, Associate Professor Yasuro Matsubara, and Specially Appointed Professor Shigeyuki Minami received the FY2025 Chairperson's Award for Faculty and Staff.

On Thursday, October 16, 2025, the Chairperson's Award Ceremony for Faculty and Staff was held at the corporate headquarters to honor the achievements of faculty and staff members who made outstanding contributions to the corporation's activities at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, and three organizations were recognized. At the ceremony, Shin-ichi Fukushima, Chairperson of the Board, presented commemorative plaques and supplementary prizes.

Furthermore, to express deep gratitude to Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd. for their exceptional dedication to the joint pavilion exhibition with Osaka Metropolitan University, a certificate of appreciation was presented to Atsushi Hirokawa, who represented the company and served as the pavilion director at the joint exhibition pavilion.

Awarded Organizations

Organization: Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis
Representative: Director Yutaka Amao
Achievement: Contributed to enhancing the university's brand value through the exhibition of artificial photosynthesis technology at the Iida Group x Osaka Metropolitan University Joint Pavilion.
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Presentation of the commemorative plaque

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(From left) Chairperson Fukushima, Director Amao of the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Associate Professor Yasuro Matsubara, and Specially Appointed Professor Shigeyuki Minami

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(From left) Chairperson Fukushima and Pavilion Director Hirokawa of the Joint Exhibition Pavilion

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Commemorative photo session with the ceremony attendees

Related Information

Special Website for the Iida Group / Osaka Metropolitan University Joint Pavilion
Special Website for Osaka Metropolitan University x Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Inquiries:

Human Resources Strategy Department, Human Resources Strategy Division
Tel: +81-6-6967-1824

Article source: Excerpt from the University Public Corporation Osaka Website