Announcement of media coverages regarding the XPRIZE Healthspan, a global competition for the human longevity

The XPRIZE Healthspan is a global competition in which a total of over 100 million will be awarded to top research teams that can extend the healthy lifespan in human. This competition is organized by the XPRIZE Foundation¹⁾and aims to revolutionize therapeutic approaches to human longevity and tackle the challenging task of actively extending the healthy lifespan n human by 10 years or more. Our company have applied to this global competition and was selected as one of the TOP40 semi-finalists.

Details will be disclosed in a timely manner as of today, and press releases have also been released by Tohoku University and Hiroshima University. We are pleased to announce that our company has been featured in various media coverages, including NHK, The Nikkei, The Kahoku Shimpo, and Nikkei Biotech.

Tohoku University
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2025/05/press20250513-02-xprize.html

Tohoku University School of Medicine
https://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/5965/

Hiroshima University
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/system/files/260187/%E3%80%90%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AA%E9%95%B7%E5%AF%BF%E5%8C%BB%E7%99%82%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%20XPRIZE%20Healthspan%20TOP40%E3%81%AB%E5%85%A5%E8%B3%9E%20%E5%81%A5%E5%BA%B7%E5%AF%BF%E5%91%BD%E5%BB%B6%E4%BC%B8%E3%81%AE%E3%81%9F%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E9%9D%A9%E6%96%B0%E7%9A%84%E3%81%AA%E5%8C%BB%E8%96%AC%E5%93%81%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BA%E3%81%AB%E5%90%91%E3%81%91TOP10%E9%81%B8%E5%87%BA%E3%82%92%E7%9B%AE%E6%8C%87%E3%81%99.pdf

NHK
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/sendai/20250513/6000031257.html

The Nikkei
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGN09E570Z00C25A5000000/

The Kahoku Shimpo
https://kahoku.news/articles/20250512khn000030.html

¹⁾ XPrize Foundation
A foundation sponsored by Elon Musk and others that holds various global challenge competitions with the mission of stimulating the creation of new industries and revitalizing markets by bringing fundamental breakthroughs for humanity.