Osaka, Japan-Expo 2025 opened on Osac on Sunday with more than 10,000 people who sang Beethoven’s ninth symphony to celebrate the beginning of a six-month event that Japan would combine the world divided by tension and war.
Here is what to know about the exhibition 2025 Osaka: What is Expo 2025 Osaka?
Expo Osaka takes place in Yumeshima, which means “Dream Island”, a regenerated place for industrial waste in the Gulf of Osaka, where participants from more than 160 countries, regions and organizations present their futuristic exhibits inside about 80 pavillon unique architecture.
The main topic is “creating a future society for our lives”. It is the second exhibition Osaka after an extremely successful event from 1970, which attracted 64 million visitors, record up to Shanghai in 2010.
The organizers expect 28 million visitors by mid -October, although ticket sales were slow, with about 9 million sold in advance, short targets of 14 million.
“It’s been 55 years since the last EXPO in Osac. I was looking forward to it,” said Daiki Chiba, who traveled from Sendai, about 900 kilometers northeast of Osaka.
Many visitors carried myAki-myaki mascots or wore clothes that corresponded to its colors-red, blue and white- to get into the mood. What does it mean to hold an expo in the middle of a global tension
Expo only comes four years after Japan tried to host the Olympic Games without audiences during the Coronavirus pandemic.
It opens as a result of trade wars and concerns about the global economic decline of the caused by US President Donald Trump, a three -year -old Russian invasion of Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East.
Prime Minister Shiger Ishiba compared global tensions with the “national crisis” and said that Trump’s tariffs, especially 25% of cars, would be a blow to all industries and the Japanese economy.
Yet Japan wants to turn a pinch into a chance.
“I think timing is actually quite appropriate,” said Sachiko Yoshimura, Global Communications EXPO 2025. What is a big ring?
The iconic ring, designed by the architect of SOU Fujimoto, is a structure similar to the grid surrounding the venue and the recognized world records of the Guinness as the largest wooden architecture. It is 20 meters high and has a perimeter of 2 kilometers.
The costly ring occupies more than 14% of the total EXPO expenditure of 235 billion yen and triggered public criticism.
The total costs have almost doubled since the initial estimate largely due to the weaker yen, causing the construction delay. Several pavilions, including Pavilions of Nepal, India, Vietnam and Chile, were not ready to open.
The ring should be partially reusable, reflecting the topic of creating a sustainable future. What are the other peaks?
The main points include top -class exhibits such as robots and flying cars, as well as pop cultures like Hello Kitty and Gundam.
“The pavilions look amazing,” Laurel Sylvester from New Zealand said and visited with her husband and two children. Her family is interested in the sustainability of the ocean and plans to visit Blue Ocean Dome. She said that the boys are “excited to have their photo with a robot and some interesting technical things that are happening.”
A small artificial heart made of induced pluripotent stem cells, or IP, has shown a heart rhythm in the Japanese healthcare pavilion. In the future of the life of the pavilion, visitors can communicate with robots. The human washing machine, which was a feeling of expident 1970, returned with a high-tech man.
The American pavilion focuses on space travel. Its lunar stone from Apollo 12, sensation for EXPO 1970, was on the display.
China, also emphasizing space technology, shows soil samples from its lunar missions. What is myaku-myak?
With his blue face surrounded by Red Balls, some of them eyeballs, mysterious, smiley creation of myaku-myak welcomes visitors.
The imaginary creature was born from the fusion of cells and water to the Mala Spring in the Kansai region, the organizers say. A friendly but clumsy figure can turn into different shapes and is good to find a rainbow after the rain.
Yamaguchi reported from Tokyo.
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