Osaka selected to host 2025 World Expo after 55 years (Big celebrations held)
Japanese delegation with Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, center left, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura, center back, and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui, right, celebrate after winning the vote at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018.Japan's Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, beating out Russia, Azerbaijan for an event that attracts millions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
-The Japanese city of Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, after beating out cities in Russia and Azerbaijan in the race to host an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture.
– Shouts of joy in Japanese erupted in the Paris auditorium when the 170 member states of the Bureau International des Expositions voted Friday in favor of Osaka’s bid.
– Hosting a world expo in Japan would be “a golden opportunity to promote fascinating charms of Japan to the rest of the world,” Abe said.
– Osaka proposed an expo on a man-made island on the theme of “Society 5.0” and how to leverage robotics and artificial intelligence for the public good.
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The Japanese city of Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, after beating out cities in Russia and Azerbaijan in the race to host an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture. Shouts of joy in Japanese erupted in the Paris auditorium…
Joy when it was announced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTG0rJ9S3JE
