Expo 2025
2025 Osaka | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Universal exposition |
Category | International Registered Exhibition |
Name | EXPO 2025 |
Motto | Designing Future Society for Our Lives |
Visitors | 28 million (projected) |
Organized by | Hiroyuki Ishige (secretary general) |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
City | Osaka |
Venue | Yumeshima Island, Konohana-ku |
Coordinates | 34°39′12.7″N 135°23′11.1″E / 34.653528°N 135.386417°E |
Timeline | |
Bidding | 22 April 2017 |
Awarded | 23 November 2018 |
Opening | 13 April 2025 |
Closure | 13 October 2025 |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2020 in Dubai |
Next | Expo 2030 |
Specialized expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2023 in Buenos Aires |
Internet | |
Website | www |
Expo 2025 (大阪万博2025, Ōsaka banpaku 2025) is a forthcoming World Expo organised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which will be held in Osaka, Japan. It will take place for six months during 2025, opening 13 April 2025, and closing 13 October 2025.[1] This will be the third time Osaka hosts a World Expo, having previously hosted Expo 1970 and Expo 1990.[2] The projected visitor count is approximately 28 million.[1]
Theme[]
The theme for the expo is "Designing Future Society for Our Lives", with sub-themes of "Saving Lives", "Empowering Lives" and "Connecting Lives".[3] The theme "Saving Lives" includes infant vaccinations, sanitation, lifestyle (diet and exercise) and extending lifespans.[3]
Pavilions[]
Canada Pavilion The Canadian Pavilion will feature a Canadian-themed attraction with the galleries exhibited about Canada's history and cultures and traditions about the first Canadians and the first Europeans that arrived in Canada.[citation needed]
Manitoba Pavilion The Manitoba Pavilion is a Canadian provincial themed pavilion that will be on a tour from Winnipeg to Osaka. It will feature Métis traditions, beings, Aboriginal heritage, Scottish heritage, French-Canadian heritage, and heritage. Steinbach's Mennonite Heritage Village will be on tour to Osaka, Japan for the teachings of Mennonite Ukrainian, and the immigrants from Poland, and Austria. The Manitoba Museum will also be on tour to the World Exposition in 2025 in Osaka, Japan. It teaches Inuit traditions and heritage and the Indigenous renaissance of the 21st century.[citation needed]
Olympic Pavilion The Olympic Pavilion will feature some of the best Olympic moments in world history.[citation needed]
Switzerland The Swiss pavilion, called Innovative Switzerland has a budget of 17.6 million CHF.[4]
Venezuela Pavilion The Venezuela Pavilion is a South American themed epic depiction of the Angel Falls, and the galleries that feature some of South America's vast rainforests, and even a little zoo that features monkeys, tarantulas, spider monkeys, and the reproduction of the Amazon River.[citation needed]
Directors[]
The directors of the expo were announced on 23 May 2019 and include Hiroyuki Ikeda, Kengo Sakurada, Hirofumi Yoshimura (Governor of Osaka), and Ichirō Matsui (Mayor of Osaka), with Hiroyuki Ishige as the secretary general, and Hiroyuki Takeuchi and Manatsu Ichinoki acting as vice secretaries general.[5]
Bidding, selection and ratification of Expo city[]
Ratification[]
The registration dossier for Japan's expo containing a detailed plan with proposed operational dates (13 April to 13 October 2025) and legacy plans has been submitted to the BIE for review.[6]
Candidates[]
On 22 November 2016, France submitted to the BIE its candidature to host World Expo 2025.[7] This first submission launched the bidding process for this Expo by opening the candidate list. All other countries wishing to organise World Expo 2025 had until 22 May 2017 to submit their own bids, after which the project examination phase started.
- Baku, Azerbaijan- The Azerbaijani capital entered its candidacy before the deadline[8] under the theme "Developing Human Capital, Building a Better Future".
- Osaka, Japan - Osaka made its official bid for the Expo on 24 April 2017[9] with the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives".[10]
- Yekaterinburg, Russia - The Russian city entered its candidacy on 22 May 2017[11] under the theme "Changing the World: Innovations and Better Life for Future Generations".
Withdrawn candidates[]
- Paris, France - France, which had been the first to declare its candidacy[12] under the theme "Sharing our Knowledge, Caring for our Planet," withdrew its candidacy on 21 January 2018 due to financial concerns and Protests against Emmanuel Macron.[13]
Vote[]
A secret ballot took place to select the winner at BIE's 164th General Assembly on 23 November 2018. The first ballot awarded 85 votes to Osaka, 48 votes to Yekaterinburg and 23 votes to Baku, which meant that Baku was eliminated. The second round ballot resulted in 92 votes for Osaka and 61 for Yekaterinburg.[14]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "About the Expo | Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Osaka Is World Expo 2025 Host | JAPAN Forward". Japan Forward. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition". Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-83483.html. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "Appointment of Directors | Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Japan submits Expo 2025 Registration Dossier to BIE". Retrieved 22 March 2010.
- ^ Jérôme, Béatrice (22 November 2016). "La France candidate à l'Exposition universelle de 2025". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Baku bids for World Expo 2025". azernews.az. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ^ "Osaka launches formal bid to host 2025 World Expo". www.mainichi.jp/english/. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Japan submits bid for World Expo 2025". www.bie-paris.org. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "World Expo 2025". www.bie-paris.org. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "World Expo 2025". www.bie-paris.org. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "France drops bid to host 2025 World Expo". Reuters. 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Japan elected host country of World Expo 2025".
External links[]
- 2025 festivals
- Culture in Osaka
- Scheduled events
- World's fairs in Osaka