Advance sales of admission tickets for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka begin 500 days before the global event in western Japan opens, amid lingering concern over ballooning costs.
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Soon, less than 500 days will remain until April 13, 2025, date of the scheduled opening of the Osaka-Kansai Exposition. Like the Summer Olympics of 1964, Japan's politicians remain stuck in a mental time warp, clearly hoping to replicate its successes of the previous half century in this case…
The announcement is more bad news for the troubled event, which already faces pavilion construction delays, skyrocketing costs and little public support.
Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh has won the competition to host the 2030 World Expo, becoming the second Arab city to host the event after Dubai in 2020.