Cannes winner Naomi Kawase named producer and senior advisor for Osaka Expo 2025
Roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, animation director Shoji Kawamori and media artist Yoichi Ochiai were also among those selected to help produce the high-profile exhibition.
Pandemic forces organizers to mull options for 2025 Osaka Expo
Organizers of the quinquennial event are confident it will go ahead as planned, but what are their options if the pandemic forces a change?
The 1970 Osaka Expo: Looking back at the past to gauge where Japan sits in the present
The 1970 Osaka Expo laid down a bold statement about Japan's future. Fifty years later, has the country been able to live up to its promises?
Start of six-month 2025 World Expo in Osaka pulled back to April 13
The government decided Friday to hold the 2025 World Expo in Osaka from April 13 through Oct. 13, bringing forward the starting day by several weeks from the original plan to avoid congestion during the Golden Week holiday period. A plan for the expo, including ...
Officials mull moving start of 2025 World Expo to miss Golden Week
The government is considering bringing forward the start of the World Exposition in 2025 in Osaka by two to three weeks from the original date of May 3. Government officials told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday that the opening should ...
The operator of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka will seek ideas from the public for the event's logo, the organization's secretary-general, Hiroyuki Ishige, said Thursday. The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition will start soliciting ideas as early as September with a goal ...
Four Kansai issues stirring up Upper House election
While the sensitive issue of constitutional revision and the looming consumption tax hike to 10 percent in October dominate media discussion of what's important in the Upper House election Sunday, there are other problems and issues, some especially acute in the Kansai region, that ...
Koike presents vision for Tokyo, stressing importance of ties with Osaka ahead of Olympics and Expo
Gov. Yuriko Koike spoke to the press Monday about her plans to repurpose the former site of the Tsukiji fish market and strengthen ties with Osaka prior to the 2020 Olympic Games and 2025 World Expo, setting out her ambitions for ongoing development of ...
Kansai execs have big dreams of transport projects ahead of G20, Osaka Expo and possible casino
With the 2025 World Expo secured for Yumeshima district in Osaka Bay and growing confidence the man-made island will also host one of Japan's first casino resorts, Kansai's business leaders are stepping up efforts to win local approval and central government funding for major ...
Osaka Metro to revamp 15 subway stations ahead of 2025 World Expo
In its efforts to get ready for the 2025 World Expo, Osaka Metro Co. plans to revamp 15 of its subway stations by fiscal 2024 under the banner of creating a "futuristic Osaka," according to officials. The stations on its Midosuji and Chuo Lines to ...
From G20 to 2025 Expo, many challenges lay ahead for Kansai
In the moments after Osaka was awarded the 2025 World Expo on the early morning of Nov. 24, there was jubilation, back-slapping, and wide smiles. More than a few eyes glittered at the thought of what senior business leaders hoped would be a major ...
2025 Osaka World Expo promotional items, not meant for sale, now being sold online
Promotional items not meant for sale that were created to help Osaka win its bid to host the 2025 World Expo have been sold on internet auction sites, it has been learned. On Mercari Inc.'s online flea market, stickers printed with an illustration of popular ...
