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People visit the Osaka Expo's first day open to public, in the city of Osaka on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2025
Osaka Expo throws open its doors as mega-event kicks off
Although the run-up was plagued with troubles, organizers still hope the event will bring in some 28.2 million visitors over the next six months.
The opening ceremony for the Osaka Expo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2025
Ishiba warns of divided world at futuristic Osaka Expo opening ceremony
"Having overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, the world now faces the crisis over many different divisions," Ishiba told the opening ceremony.
The Four Seasons Hotel Osaka opened in 2024, just one of many new luxury accommodations the city boasts ahead of the 2025 World Expo.
LIFE / Travel
Apr 12, 2025
Osaka Expo-bound? Take your pick of the city’s new luxury hotels.
Increased capacity makes lodging a buyer’s market, as intense competition keeps prices down and encourages hotels to differentiate themselves from the pack.
Japanese authorities will deploy up to 10,000 personnel for Saturday's Osaka Expo opening ceremony, including special units from police departments across the country.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2025
Police say they are ready to ensure security for six-month Osaka Expo
Led by the Osaka Prefectural Police, authorities say they have thoroughly prepared for the World Expo, an event which poses significant security challenges.
The Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Osaka
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2025
Japan Post employee arrested for mailing used condom to post office
According to the police, the envelope was addressed to a female employee working at the targeted branch.
Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Apr 11, 2025
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
On a man-made island in Osaka Bay, Japan stages a grand vision of the future — and a quiet test of relevance.
Chieko Asakawa, chief executive director of Miraikan, with an AI-powered suitcase designed to assist people with visual impairments, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 22
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2025
AI suitcase for visually impaired to be tested at expo
The device incorporates generative artificial intelligence technology, enabling it to describe the surrounding environment through voice feedback.
The flags of participating countries are displayed near the entrance during a media preview day for the 2025 Osaka Expo on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 11, 2025
Japan’s second city is hosting a $66 billion coming-out party
First held in London in 1851, world expos have been promoted as venues to bring nations together and foster global coordination.
Signs advertising the upcoming World Expo in Osaka have proliferated in the city's different neighborhood for the past few years.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 11, 2025
I’ve only just come back from Osaka, but I’m ready to hit the Expo
The term “bakari” can be used in several different ways to emphasize and define the limit of a range.
The woman's body found in a home freezer in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, has been identified as Mariko Nonaka, 57, from the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2025
Shiga police identify frozen woman's body as suspect's wife
Mariko Nonaka's body was found abandoned in a home's freezer in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, last week.
This 1-meter "wajima-nuri" lacquerware globe from Ishikawa Prefecture will be one of the specialty products to be displayed by Japan's local governments at the Osaka Expo.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2025
Local governments to showcase products at Osaka Expo
Eye-catching items include a 1-meter lacquerware globe from Ishikawa Prefecture that escaped damage after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck.
A large statue of Osaka Expo mascot Myaku Myaku sits near the east entrance of the event's venue in Yumeshima island, Osaka, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2025
After a tumultuous buildup, a first look at the Osaka Expo
Members of the media and other invited guests got a glimpse of the event's shiny pavilions spread over 155 hectares, and the signature Grand Ring overlooking them.
A myocardial cell sheet using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 9, 2025
Japanese startup seeks approval for world’s first iPS regenerative treatment
The Osaka University startup is targeting patients suffering from severe heart failure for whom current treatment options are limited.
People walk to the Osaka Expo venues on the Yumeshima artificial island on Saturday to participate in a three-day test run involving visitors ahead of its grand opening next Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2025
Potentially explosive levels of methane gas detected at Osaka Expo site
Methane levels exceeding safety standards were found in an underground utility pit on the western side of the Yumeshima venue, officials said Monday.
Three men are accused of conspiring to store a body, believed to be of a woman, in a freezer at a home in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 4, 2025
Shiga police arrest three men for allegedly hiding corpse in freezer
The frozen body was found in a crouched position, still wearing clothes, and is thought to have been kept in the freezer for a long time.
Pix (left), the mascot of the U.K. Pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, is seen alongside the event's official mascot, Myaku-Myaku, on Jan. 16 in the city of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture
JAPAN / Society
Apr 4, 2025
Countries' mascots beat drum for Osaka Expo
Participating nations are taking on Japan's love of mascots by coming up with characters of their own, some of which incorporate the culture of the host country.
Lt. Col. Suguru Ejiri, the head of Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team, at the ASDF base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, in March. Ejiri has revealed little about the upcoming Osaka Expo performance apart from it being based on the event's theme.
JAPAN
Apr 1, 2025
ASDF's Blue Impulse set for Osaka Expo performance
The aerobatics team flew for the 1970 World Expo in Osaka Prefecture as well, during which the team drew "EXPO 70" in the sky.
A ceremony is held to mark the completion of the Japan Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka on Saturday.
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2025
Osaka Expo's Japan Pavilion completed
The host country pavilion is expected to attract many foreign dignitaries and will feature exhibits linked to the expo's theme of "designing a future society for our lives."
Japan's ancient capital is now home to 16 two-Michelin-starred restaurants, while nearby Osaka claims 11.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 28, 2025
Michelin awards stars to 172 restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka
Ten restaurants join the two-starred rank, while Milpa earns Japan’s first-ever star for Mexican cuisine.
A mars rock is packed before transport from the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo to Osaka, where it will be displayed at the 2025 World Exposition, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2025
Mars rock transported from Tokyo for Osaka Expo
The rock will be shown at the government's Japan Pavilion at the expo.
Japan, U.S. to hold joint patrol after Okinawa sexual assaults
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki may participate in a joint patrol in the prefecture by Japanese and U.S. officials, an official in the area said.
Can anyone deal with Trump better than Ishiba?
Having had two meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is slowly building a personal relationship with him, which matters greatly to the U.S. president and in resolving bilateral issues.
Ishiba warns of divided world at futuristic Osaka Expo opening ceremony
The opening ceremony for the Osaka Expo on Saturday.
Why Trump’s dream of made-in-the-USA iPhones isn’t going to happen
U.S. President Donald Trump wants Apple to begin building iPhones in the United States. But Apple is unlikely to move production to the country in the foreseeable future for a variety of reasons.
A trip to remember: Japan answers the demand for curated luxury travel
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture in 2017. Travel agencies catering to luxury tourists often include areas outside well-known cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto in their itineraries offered.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.
Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
A trip to remember: Japan answers the demand for curated luxury travel
Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture in 2017. Travel agencies catering to luxury tourists often include areas outside well-known cities such as Tokyo and Kyoto in their itineraries offered.
Can anyone deal with Trump better than Ishiba?
Having had two meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is slowly building a personal relationship with him, which matters greatly to the U.S. president and in resolving bilateral issues.
After two years in top job, BOJ's Ueda faces his biggest challenge yet 
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda at a news conference in January. He has been in the top position for two years.
How police are cracking down on 'scout' sex broker groups
The skyline during sunset in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Japan's new underground criminal groups operate under a highly organized and brutal system.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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