OSAKA, Japan (AP) — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ...

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People visit the pavilion of the Philippines on the opening day of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, central Japan, Sunday, April 13, ...

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The 2025 World Expo in Osaka officially opened to the public on Sunday. The entrance gates opened at 9 a.m. as people lined up in the rain. The Yumeshima train station near the venue was crowded with ...

Demand for lodgings in central Osaka is rising ahead of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025, which opens on April 13. New hotels have ...

OSAKA, Japan (AP ... Her family is interested in ocean sustainability and planned to visit the Blue Ocean Dome. She said the boys are “super excited to have their photo with the (big ...