Public Relations Group, Corporate Communications Unit

Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6332 JAPAN

June 21, 2023

INPEX 4U Challenge Lab Organizes Photography Contest for

High School Students to Promote Regional Attractions

Tokyo, Japan – INPEX CORPORATION(INPEX) announced today that its local community empowerment program INPEX 4U Challenge Lab (I4UCL) has organized a photography contest designed to promote the attractions of the areas and communities served by city gas companies to which INPEX supplies wholesale natural gas. The areas include Tokyo Metropolis and Chiba, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata, Yamagata, Akita and Toyama prefectures.

The photography contest targeting high school students opened at noon on June 20, 2023, and is co-organized by a group of city gas companies including Ashikaga Gas Co., Ltd., Enecle Co., Ltd., Otaki Gas Co., Ltd, Saitama Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo Gas Yamanashi Co., Ltd., Nihonkai Gas Co., Ltd., Bushu Gas Co., Ltd., Honjo Gas Co., Ltd., Matsumoto Gas Co., Ltd., and Yoshida Gas Co., Ltd.

The contest aims to expand the number of non-residents involved in various ways with the local regions and communities as well as visitors to these areas as a means of sustainable revitalization to address the issue of depopulation among younger generations. The theme of the contest is based on high school students promoting the local regions and communities by taking and entering photographs depicting local food. In doing so, the students are encouraged to interact with each other, re-discover the attractions of their regions and deepen their affinity to their communities.

INPEX launched I4UCL in 2019to help enhance the corporate value and reputation of city gas companies in Japan to which it supplies natural gas by leveraging activities that support the needs of the local communities served by the companies. Since then, INPEX has partnered city gas companies to implement study sessions and service demonstrations starting with an open innovation event in the first year. This is the first instance in which INPEX organizes an I4UCL initiative jointly with multiple city gas companies.

INPEX will continue to utilize the I4UCL framework to support the needs and expectations of the regions and communities, and promote activities contributing to society with a focus on education and the development of the next generations of local citizens.

Public Relations Group, Corporate Communications Unit

Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6332 JAPAN

About the photography contest

Media dedicated to the photography contest

Website: https://4u4cus.jp/

About INPEX

INPEX CORPORATION is Japan’s largest exploration and production (E&P) company, and is currently involved in projects across multiple continents, including the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia as Operator. By thoroughly making its oil and gas business cleaner while expanding its 5 net zero business areas, INPEX aims to provide a stable supply of diverse and clean energy sources including oil, natural gas, hydrogen and renewables as a pioneer in energy transformation.

For more information, visit https://www.inpex.co.jp/english/index.html.

Media Contact: INPEX Tokyo Office, Public Relations Group, Tel) +81-3-5572-0233