While on the campaign trail for an Upper House seat, political veteran Ken Nishiuchi faced a persistent question that had nothing to do with his experience or policies.
Organizers of the problem-plagued 2025 Osaka expo warned that soaring construction costs still threaten to derail the event unless more money is found.
Delays over the start of work on foreign pavilions for the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo are casting an increasingly unsettling shadow over the outlook of the world’s fair, with the inevitable finger pointing that comes with any disaster.
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