{"id":52124,"date":"2023-11-30T00:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/osaka-gears-up-for-expo-2025-designing-future-society-for-our-lives-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T02:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T02:10:09","slug":"world-expo-osaka-2025-designing-future-society-for-our-lives-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sms-bridges.com\/staging\/world-expo-osaka-2025-designing-future-society-for-our-lives-in-full-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"World Expo Osaka 2025: \u201cDesigning Future Society for Our Lives\u201d In Full Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Founded on an illustrious history that stretches back to 1851, the year of the very first gathering in London, the World Expo is a highly-anticipated event that attracts visitors in the tens of millions. Held at five-year intervals, the gargantuan global exposition typically runs for six months at a designated venue within the host country. The mammoth event showcases immersive exhibits, national pavilions, an array of engaging forums and activities, and much more \u2014 all of which pivot on the designated exposition theme for the particular year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With guidance from the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the exposition\u2019s main governing body, every World Expo is elaborately organized around and founded upon a carefully chosen theme. Generally speaking, the World Expo aims to uplift and better society, elevate humanity\u2019s knowledge, foster cultural exchange and global dialogue, promote sustainability and future-readiness, as well as leave behind a legacy of innovation. These goals are embodied in and expressed through the chose theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With 500 days before the grand opening and advanced tickets sales opening on November 30, 2023, the organizing body is drumming up excitement with the catchphrase, \u201cEXPO 2025 is coming!\u201d championed by the official mascot, Myaku-Myaku.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Slated to open on April 13, 2025 in Osaka, the forthcoming World Expo will bear the main theme \u201cDesigning Future Society for Our Lives,\u201d with three subthemes supporting the concept: Saving Lives, Empowering Lives, and Connecting Lives. The mega multinational event will take place on the reclaimed island of Yumeshima in Osaka Bay, in Japan\u2019s Kansai region, and will run until October 13, 2025. Currently, 150 countries and territories, as well as 25 international organizations, are slated to participate. This expo will be the sixth official World Expo held in Japan and the second for Osaka Prefecture, which played host to Expo ’70 in Suita.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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