Event Report: 'Regional Support Idea Connect 2025' Final Judging Held, Grand Prize Awarded to 'Mamo-Chari' by Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary Education School

Panasonic Cycle Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Panasonic Cycle Technology) sponsors the 'Regional Support Idea Connect' organized by the RESAS Utilization Education Promotion Committee. For 'Regional Support Idea Connect 2025,' which targeted junior and senior high school students nationwide, ideas for 'new bicycles and bicycle-related services' that create new value in the region were solicited. In the 2025 fiscal year, six schools selected from 102 initial ideas advanced to the final judging.

The final judging was held on March 14 (Saturday) at the company's headquarters in Kashiwara, Osaka, combining real and online participation. Ultimately, 'Mamo-Chari,' proposed by Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary Education School, which aims to solve issues for child-rearing generations, received the grand prize, highly evaluated for its data-driven analysis and high feasibility involving bicycle retailers.

Panasonic Cycle Technology will continue to actively support career education, aligning with the spirit of the 'Period for Integrated Studies' established by the revised curriculum guidelines, to enable each junior and senior high school student to become a creator of the future.

Outstanding Works: - Grand Prize: Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary Education School (Saitama Prefecture) 'Mamo-Chari' - Runner-up: Yamaguchi Prefectural Iwakuni Technical High School (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 'Aiming for Kintaikyo Bridge World Heritage Registration'

Award-winning Works: - Best Regional Marketing Award: Chiba Prefectural Ichikawa Higashi High School (Chiba Prefecture) 'E-RIDE QUEST Regional Digital Currency x Discovery x Electric Assist Bicycle' - Panasonic Cycle Technology Special Award: Okinawa Prefectural Oroku High School (Okinawa Prefecture) 'Next-generation Mobility Infrastructure to Break Through Okinawa's 'Child-rearing Walls'' - Best Regional Economic Circulation Award: Hiroshima Municipal Funairi High School (Hiroshima Prefecture) 'Hiroshima City-wide Restaurant Project' - Best Product Idea Award: Yanai Municipal Yanai Junior High School (Yamaguchi Prefecture) 'Comfortable Mobility for Seniors ~Achieving Comfortable Daily Life for Seniors with Temperature Control~'

Panasonic Cycle Technology supports the 'Period for Integrated Studies' and 'Period for Integrated Inquiry,' established by the 2022 revised curriculum guidelines, and assists career education through inquiry-based learning so that each junior and senior high school student can become a creator of the future.

(Reference) Regional Support Idea Connect: https://cycle.panasonic.com/special/tankyu/

*RESAS Utilization Education Promotion Committee: An voluntary organization formed in 2019, centered around educators who worked as RESAS supplementary material development committee members in a project by the Cabinet Secretariat's Headquarters for Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economies, Big Data Team.