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65% "not interested" in Osaka Expo

"It would be embarrassing if the whole world declined" "It's still not too late"

"Calls for cancellation" growing on social media as preparations don't progress

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Posted: 2023.07.24 17:15

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In a nationwide opinion poll conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun on July 21-23, when asked about interest in the Osaka-Kansai Expo to be held in 2025, only 35% said they were "interested," far below the 65% who said they were "not interested."

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Expo (Expo Association), which operates the Expo, plans to cover almost all of its operating costs, such as security costs, staff salaries, and public relations and advertising costs, from ticket sales, and expects the number of visitors to be 28.2 million.

However, the construction of attractive overseas pavilions, which are essential to increasing the number of visitors, has not progressed at all.

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The only reason why the 2025 Osaka Expo "feels like a failure"

Published: 2023/07/12 06:00 Updated: 2023/07/12 06:00

Political world insider (hereafter = Politics) It seems that there is something that the business world has been trying not to talk about recently.

Government world insider (hereafter = Government) Are they saying that the construction of the pavilions for the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which opens in April 2025, will not be completed in time and is likely to fail?

Politics: Yes.

Business world insider (hereafter = Business) The delays are certainly severe. There is an absolute shortage of scaffolders and other workers who work at high altitudes, and construction is not progressing. Even if they offer high wages, they are not able to gather, and people continue to lament that "We can no longer go as planned."

The soaring prices of government materials are also a big problem. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prices have risen worldwide, and Japan, which relies on imports, is hit hard.

Finance Yes, construction costs have risen several percent from the original plan. Even in places where the construction is being done by groups of companies such as old zaibatsu, if they talk about it, they will be asked to donate more, so everyone is silent. The lack of funds could reduce the appeal of the pavilion.

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Is this the final blow to the economic decline? "Osaka Expo 2025" is nothing but a nightmare.

Yamada Jun

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2018/11/25 (Sun) 4:37

By chance, I was in the United States and heard the news that "Osaka Expo" was decided here, and I felt really pathetic. Why does Japan need to hold a "World Expo" (an international exposition certified by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) under the International Exhibitions Convention) now?

Nowadays, only developing countries and powerful nations that want to show off their power are interested in national expositions. This is because, with the development of the Internet, we live in a world where information and technology can be shared instantly, so there is no point in holding an Expo that requires building "exhibition pavilions" to attract visitors. Expos have already completed their mission and are practically "out of date."

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