is a

World Expo A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...

organised and sanctioned by the

Bureau International des Expositions The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE; English: International Exhibitions Bureau) is an intergovernmental organization created to supervise international exhibitions (also known as expos, global expos or world expos) falling under the ...

(BIE), which is being held in

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. It took place for six months from 13 April to 13 October 2025. This is the second time that Osaka has hosted a World Expo, having previously hosted Expo 1970. The event returned to its traditional 5-year scheduling cycle after the 2020 edition was delayed to 2021 due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. The projected visitor count is approximately 28 million.

Bidding, selection and ratification of Expo city

Ratification

The registration dossier for Japan's expo containing a detailed plan with proposed operational dates (13 April to 13 October 2025) and legacy plans has been submitted to the BIE for review.

Candidates

On 22 November 2016,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

submitted to the BIE its candidature to host World Expo 2025. This first submission launched the bidding process for this Expo by opening the candidate list. All other countries wishing to organise World Expo 2025 had until 22 May 2017 to submit their own bids, after which the project examination phase started. *

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

– The Azerbaijani capital entered its candidacy before the deadline under the theme "Developing Human Capital, Building a Better Future". *

– Osaka made its official bid for the Expo on 24 April 2017 with the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives". *

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

– The Russian city entered its candidacy on 22 May 2017 under the theme "Changing the World: Innovations and Better Life for Future Generations".

Withdrawn candidates

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

– France, which had been the first to declare its candidacy under the theme "Sharing our Knowledge, Caring for our Planet," withdrew its candidacy on 21 January 2018 due to financial concerns and the successful bid for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

Results

secret ballot The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote ...

took place to select the winner at BIE's 164th General Assembly on 23 November 2018. The first ballot awarded 85 votes to Osaka, 48 votes to Yekaterinburg and 23 votes to Baku, which meant that Baku was eliminated. The second round ballot resulted in 92 votes for Osaka and 61 for Yekaterinburg. This makes Expo 2025 the second time that Osaka has hosted a world expo, after

Expo '70 The or Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, between 15 March and 13 September 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...

Themes

The theme for the expo is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives", with sub-themes of "Saving Lives", "Empowering Lives" and "Connecting Lives". The theme "Saving Lives" includes infant

vaccination Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating ...

sanitation Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap. Sanitation systems ...

, lifestyle ( diet and

exercise Exercise or workout is physical activity that enhances or maintains fitness and overall health. It is performed for various reasons, including weight loss or maintenance, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardio ...

) and extending lifespans. The concept is "People's Living Lab".

Purpose

The Expo 2025 is held with the aim of achieving a society in which the United Nations'

Sustainable Development Goals The ''2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development'', adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet" – wh ...

(SDGs)—17 sustainable development goals set out at the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development held at the

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in September 2015—have been achieved. With five years remaining until 2030, the target year for achieving the SDGs, 2025 is an extremely important year for accelerating efforts to achieve them. Furthermore, it aims to head towards realizing Japan's national strategy: Society 5.0 ("super smart society"), which is a society, after the

information society An information society is a society or subculture where the usage, Content creation, creation, information distribution, distribution, manipulation and information integration, integration of information is a significant activity. Its main drive ...

industrial society In sociology, an industrial society is a society driven by the use of technology and machinery to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the Western world ...

agrarian society An agrarian society, or agricultural society, is any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland. Another way to define an agrarian society is by seeing how much of a nation's total production is in agricultur ...

, and hunter-gatherer society before it, that brings prosperity to people by making the most of ICT and integrating cyberspace and physical space.

Site

The main site of Expo 2025 is a 155 hectare area (383 acres) located in

Yumeshima is an artificial island in Osaka Bay. It is part of Konohana-ku (此花区), one of the 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is near the mouth of the Yodo River. When all the landfill is completed the total area will be . It is the site of Expo 2 ...

Island, Konohana-ku,

. The Grand Ring was designed by the Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto, was built and enclosed by three large thematic districts dedicated to the themes of Expo 2025 – Connecting, Empowering, and Saving Lives. The infrastructure of the site was built by Obayashi, Shimizu, and

Takenaka Corporation is one of five major general contractors in Japan. Takenaka provides architectural, engineering, and construction services and has its headquarters located in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture. Takenaka has eight domestic offices in Japan with ...

, it was recognized by the

Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, list ...

as the world's largest and famous wooden architectural structure (certified area: 61,035.55 m2).

Pavilion World

A lively area where facilities such as the pavilions, the highlight of the Expo, are gathered. In Pavilion World, a ring-shaped main street will be set up around the venue, and a large roof (ring) will be installed above it. The large roof will provide shade and rain protection and will also serve as an observation corridor by installing an aerial corridor on the roof. In September 2021, the Osaka Wood Association proposed that the ring be constructed with domestic wood. In addition, a "Silent Forest" will be placed in the center of the large roof and pavilions as a space for visitors to relax.

Water World

A relaxation area that utilizes the waterscape on the south side of the venue, it is a place that symbolizes the world's first maritime Expo. In addition to having food and beverage facilities facing the waterfront, it will also be used as a stage for water events such as the "Air and Water Spectacular Show". In the evening, from the top of the large roof ring, you can watch the sun setting over the

Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Ba ...

, which has been praised as a spectacular sight since ancient times.

Green World

A green area facing the sea on the west side of the venue, it is an open, green space. It has an outdoor event plaza, a best practice area, and a mobility experience where visitors can try out advanced mobility (such as flying cars). It also has a bus terminal and a western gate.

Marketing

Logo

The logo mark based on the concept of "cells" was designed by Team Inari (represented by Shimada Tamotsu) in Osaka and Landor Associates from

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, United States. It was announced on 25 August 2020, it became a hot topic on the Internet, called "The Shine of Life".

Mascot

, is the

mascot A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, university society, society, military unit, or brand, brand name. Mascots are als ...

and ''

yuru-chara is a Japanese term for a category of mascot characters; usually created to promote a place or region, event, organisation or business. They are characterized by their '' kawaii'' (cute) and unsophisticated designs, often incorporating motifs th ...

'' representing Expo 2025, it was designed by

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The ima ...

and

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

illustrator and named through a public contest by entrants Miyuu Kawakatsu and Hinata Sakuda in early 2022. After a strict selection process from 33,197 submissions, it was selected on the morning of 18 July 2022 marked the 1,000-day countdown before the opening, and announced at a commemorative event held on the same day. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida explained that the nickname is imbued with the meaning of inheriting history, tradition, culture, and connections with the world.

Commemorative coins

In April 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Finance announced that it will issue coins to commemorate the 2025 World Exposition. In September 2024, the Ministry of Finance announced that it will issue gold coins, silver coins, and coins to commemorate the 2025 World Expo (Osaka-Kansai Expo). This will be the first time that the gold coins and coins have been issued as Expo 2025 commemorative coins. The silver coin will be issued for the third time. The application period will be around three weeks from March 6, 2025, and the coins will be sold by mail order through the Mint Bureau.

Transport

The venue for the Expo 2025 is Yumeshima, an artificial island in

Osaka Bay Osaka Bay (大阪湾 ''Ōsaka-wan'' ) is a bay in western Japan. As an eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea, it is separated from the Pacific Ocean by the Kii Channel and from the neighbor western part of the Inland Sea by the Akashi Strait. I ...

. As this is the first Expo to be held at sea, visitors will need to land on Yumeshima (the Yumeshima approach). To get to Yumeshima, visitors will need to use

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

s such as trains, shuttle buses, express buses, airport buses, bicycles, boats, and taxis. As private cars are prohibited from the island in principle, except for those using the handicapped parking lot, visitors will need to park in a nearby P&R (

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail transport, r ...

) parking lot and then take a shuttle bus to the island. In addition, this Expo, which is based on the concept of a "testing ground for future society," is also hosting a "Future Society Showcase Project" where visitors can experience life in the near future. As part of this, the transportation to the venue will also feature futuristic mobility equipped with cutting-edge technology, such as electric buses that can be powered while driving and hydrogen fuel cell ships. Before the opening, it was estimated that of the maximum 227,000 visitors per day, 133,000 (58.6%) would use Yumeshima Station on the Osaka Metro Chuo Line. According to estimates by the Expo Association, in the first month after the opening, the average number of visitors per day was 104,000, lower than the expected 150,000, but 76.6% of visitors used Yumeshima Station, which does not require reservations. This was mainly due to the fact that the expensive P&R (Park & Ride) was used by only 5.2% of visitors. A 3.2 km extension of the

Osaka Metro The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka metropolitan area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. ...

Chuo Line was constructed from its former terminus at Cosmosquare Station using the Yumesaki Tunnel to Yumeshima Station, which opened on 19 January 2025. In addition, There are many Shuttle Bus routes to the Expo Site (Yumeshima Transportation terminal, Located in Front of Expo West gate) which departs from

Shin-Ōsaka Station is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of the main railway terminals in the ...

Ōsaka Station is a major railway station in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It forms as one of the city's main railway terminals to the north, the other being Shin-Ōsaka Station, Shin-Ōsaka. Al ...

(

Umeda Station is a major railway station in Kita-ku, Osaka, Kita-ku in the northern commercial center of Osaka, Japan. It is the busiest station in western Japan, serving 2,343,727 passengers daily in 2005. Umeda Station is served by the following railways: ...

), Namba Station, Ōsaka Abenobashi Station (

Tennōji Station is a major railway station on the JR West Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Yamatoji Line, Osaka Metro Midōsuji Line, and Tanimachi Line, located in Tennōji-ku and Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan, and is a railway station on the tram Hankai Uemachi ...

), Nakanoshima Station,

Ōsaka Uehommachi Station is a railway station in Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan, served by the Kintetsu Railway's Osaka, Nara, and Namba Lines. Trains on the Nara Line arrive at and depart from an underground platform. The station is connected to Tanimachi Kyuchome Station ...

, Sakai Station, Sakaihigashi Station, Amagasaki Station (

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

, Hanshin), Trade Center-mae Station, Kobe-Sannomiya Station,

Itami Airport , often referred to as , is the primary domestic airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including its major cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is the airport closest to Osaka, being 11 km (7 mi) north of Osaka Station, as well as ...

Kansai International Airport Kansai International Airport (), commonly known as Kankū (; ), is the primary international airport in the Keihanshin, Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is located on ...

and Sakurajima Station. Seat reservation is required to get Shuttle bus by using Kansai MaaS app or web site. (except for From Sakurajima Station after 10 a.m and From Kobe-Sannomiya)

Opening ceremony and operations

Prior to Expo 2025, around 9.69 million advance tickets were sold. A

rehearsal A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music, theatre, dance and related arts, such as opera, musical theatre and film production. It is undertaken as a form of Practice (learning metho ...

for Expo 2025 was conducted from 4 to 6 April, a week before the opening. About 98,000 people attended, including those from exhibiting companies (who attended on 4 April) and Osaka residents and citizens selected through advance applications and lottery (who attended on 5 and 6 April). A media preview was hosted on 9 April. The dedication ceremony for Expo 2025 took place on 12 April 2025 at the EXPO Hall "Shine Hut" and the EXPO National Day Hall "Ray Garden". The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister

Shigeru Ishiba Shigeru Ishiba (born 4 February 1957) is a Japanese politician who has served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2024. He has been a member of ...

, Emperor

Naruhito Naruhito (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following 2019 Japanese imperial transition, the abdication of his father, Akihito, on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era. He is the 126th monarch, ...

Empress Masako is Empress of Japan as the wife of Emperor Naruhito. Born in Tokyo, Masako was educated at Belmont High School in Massachusetts before attending Harvard College, earning a B.A., ''magna cum laude'', in economics. She also studied law at t ...

, Crown Prince Akishino, and 1,300 representatives of participating nations. The theme of the opening ceremony was "Re-Connect: Circulate, Resonate, Return, Connect". After Naruhito gave an opening address, Akishino, Honorary President of the Expo, performed an "opening action" by placing his hand over the activation panel to open the Expo. Expo 2025 officially opened the following day, 13 April. At the time of the opening, eight foreign nations' pavilions were incomplete. Visitor numbers lagged expectations during Expo 2025's first week. Even though the exposition was expected to attract 28.2 million total visitors (or 150,000 visitors per day), the event had not recorded that number of visitors on any day during its opening week. Expo 2025 recorded its one-millionth visitors 10 days after the exposition opened, on 23 April.

Participants

Countries

Withdrawn countries (with dates of withdrawal)

* (1 November 2024) * (18 June 2024) * (27 December 2024) * (27 December 2024) * (14 November 2023) * (29 November 2024) * (27 December 2024) * (14 November 2023) * (1 November 2024) * (18 June 2024) * (28 November 2023) * (27 December 2024)

International organizations

* * * * International Solar Alliance *

International Science and Technology Center The International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) is an intergovernmental nonproliferation organization connecting scientists with their peers and research organizations in other countries. The ISTC Headquarters is currently in Astana, Kazakh ...

ITER ITER (initially the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ''iter'' meaning "the way" or "the path" in Latin) is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject aimed at creating energy through a fusion process s ...

Withdrawn international organizations

* *

Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organisation that aims to enhance cooperation among countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 197 ...

Pavilions

The Expo is held on an artificial island called Yumeshima, located in

, with a view of the

. The Pavilion area is located in the Expo's centre, with waters in the southern part and greenery in the western part of the expo. The following countries will have pavilions present at the Expo:

Self-built pavilions (Type A)

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Small pavilions (Type B)

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Commons A pavilions

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Commons B pavilions

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Smallest Pavilion in Commons B ** ** **

Commons C pavilions

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Commons D pavilions

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Commons F pavilions

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Domestic pavilions

* Pavilion * Women's Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier * Osaka Healthcare Pavilion * Kansai Pavilion

Pavilions for private sectors

Electric Power Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a electric circuit, circuit. Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power (physics), power, defined as one joule per second. Standard prefixes apply to watts as with oth ...

Pavilion * Gas Pavilion Obake Wonderland *

Gundam is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise. Created by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Sunrise (now Bandai Namco Filmworks), the franchise features giant robots, or mecha, with the name "Gundam". The franchise began on April 7, 1979, with ...

Next Future Pavilion * Iida Group and Osaka Metropolitan University Joint Pavilion *

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...

Pavilion * NTT Pavilion * ORA Gaishoku Pavilion *

Panasonic is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Kadoma, Japan. It was founded in 1918 as in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Fukushima by Kōnosuke Matsushita. The company was incorporated in 1935 and renamed and c ...

Group Pavilio * Pasona Pavilion * Sumitomo Pavilion * Yoshimoto Pavilion * Zeri Japan Blue Ocean Dome

Signature pavilions

* Better Co-Being – Hiroaki Miyata * Future of Life – Hiroshi Ishiguro * Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion – Sachiko Nakajima * null² – Yoichi Ochiai * Dynamic Equilibrium of Life – Shinichi Fukuoka * Live Earth Journey –

Shoji Kawamori A is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent (or transparent) sheets on a lattice frame. Where light transmission is not needed, the similar but opaque '' fusuma'' is used (/close ...

* Earth Mart –

Kundō Koyama (born 1964) is a Japanese writer. He is best known for scripting the television series ''Iron Chef'' and the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film recipient ''Departures (2008 film), Departures''. Koyama has also worked under the pen ...

* Dialouge Theater –

Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as , with her former husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including ''Embracing'', about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and ''Katatsumori'', about ...

Gallery

Connecting Lives

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Empowering Zone

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Saving Zone

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Signature Zone

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Future Life Zone

File:大阪・関西万博ブルーオーシャンドーム.jpg, Blue Ocean Dome File:EXPO2025 GUNDAM PAVILION.jpg, Gundam Next Future Pavilion File:大阪・関西万博 PASONAパビリオン.jpg, Pasona Natureverse Pavilion File:大阪・関西万博よしもと waraii myraii館.jpg, Yoshimoto Waraii Myraii Pavilion File:2025大阪世博-臺灣館.png, Tech World (Taiwan Pavilion) File:Expo2025 三菱未来館.jpg, Mitsubishi Future Pavilion File:Expo2025-Panasonicpavillion.jpg, Panasonic Pavilion File:関西万博住友館.jpg, Sumitomo Pavilion File:大阪・関西万博電力館「可能性のタマゴたち」.jpg, Electric Power Pavilion File:大阪・関西万博パナソニックグループパビリオン.jpg, Women's Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier File:Expo2025Japan Pavilion.jpg, Japan Pavilion File:大阪・関西万博 EXPOホール「シャインハット」.jpg, Expo Hall

Directors

The directors of the expo were announced on 23 May 2019 and include Hiroyuki Ikeda, Kengo Sakurada, Hirofumi Yoshimura (Governor of Osaka), and Ichirō Matsui (Mayor of Osaka), with Hiroyuki Ishige as the secretary general, and Hiroyuki Takeuchi and Manatsu Ichinoki acting as vice secretaries general. The current Chairman and Representative Director of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition is

Masakazu Tokura Masakazu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Imafuku Masakazu (died 1582), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan *Kobori Masakazu (1579–1647), artist and aristocrat in the reign o ...

, Chairman of the Japan Business Federation. He has been the Chairman and Representative Director of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition since June 2021.

References

External links

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BIE Paris World Expo 2025 microsite

Osaka 2025 bid (archival)

Bureau International des Expositions Twitter account
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