Mr. Masayoshi Matsumoto, Chairman of Kankeiren, as a representative of 2025 Japan World Expo Committee, together with Mr. Hiroshige Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Mr. Ichiro Matsui, Governer of Osaka Prefecture visited Astana, Kazakhstan from July 21 to 22, 2017.

They had a meeting with H.E. Bakhytzhan Sagintayev, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, and visited several pavilions at the field. They appealed how Osaka, Kansai is attractive to hold World Exposition under the themed "Designing Future Society for our Lives".