• People look out at the view from the Umeda Sky Building observation deck in Osaka last month. | BLOOMBERG
    People look out at the view from the Umeda Sky Building observation deck in Osaka last month. | BLOOMBERG
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OSAKA – “Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.” — “The Bat and the Weasels,” Aesop’s Fables

One year from now, representatives from Osaka, along with Paris, Baku, Azerbaijan and Ekaterinburg, Russia, will gather in Paris. One city will be awarded the World Expo 2025 by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).

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