Expo2025. Coins wants to have at least one Japanese company at the Unicorns Factory – Observer

The mayor of Lisbon is in Osaka, where he presented the unicorns factory, and confesses that he wants to have at least one Japanese company in this project, pointing out that biotechnology is an area that Japan is interested.

Carlos Coins was present on Monday on the National Day of Portugal at Expo 2025 Osaka, the date on which the World Language Day was also marked, which had Concerts by Dino D’S. Santiago and Tribute to Amália Rodrigues (who was the artist invited for 55 years at the world exhibition of the same city) for the voice of fado singers Ana Moura, Camané and Ricardo Ribeiro.

On the sidelines of the event, the mayor of Lisbon said he was in Tokyo where he presented “the Unicorns Factory project” and “what is today one of the most important cities in Europe, which is Lisbon,” he said.

The objective was to present what was the European capital of Lisbon Innovation and bring “Technology companies for our unicorn factory” for the Portuguese capitalexplained the mayor.

On Monday, Carlos Coins met with the mayor of Osaka, who also transmitted to be very interested in bringing these companies to Lisbon.

“We are here on an economic mission, in a country that has an economy that is a world potent, in this one that is the third city [do país]Osaka, with eight million inhabitants, selling what is a Lisbon project, a project in the field of innovation, culture, technology, but also in taking care of the people and the social projects that Lisbon today has, ”he continued.

The latter “interest a Japanese society that is very aged and that needs exactly this social side in its city projects,” he said.

Carlos Coins stressed that he invested “Much during these years to have 14 unicorns in Lisbon”which come from all over the world.

“Unfortunately we don’t have any here in Japan, I would like to see one of these big technology companies in our city Lisbon, in fact, I invited to Tokyo to those companies I was, but also here the Mayor of Osaka [para] Having at least one Japanese company in our unicorn factory in our program and growth of companies that is recognized today at the level of Europe, ”he said.

Therefore, “I hope at least take one of these companies to Lisbon, that would be a great victory,” said the mayor.

“What I came here was also attracting some sectors, today we have a very strong sector in our unicorn factory that has to do with biotechnology,” an area that the Japanese are also interested, he said.

Nonetheless, “Let’s take Osaka to Lisbon with a Japanese cinema cycle at Cinema São Jorgelet’s take many of the activities that we also visited to Lisbon so that we have this Osaka-Lisboa connection, Tokyo-Lisboa, that’s what we are doing, ”he said.