Oct 7, 2025
6 Key Lessons from Osaka Expo 2025 Hosting Nations Can Use
World Expos are more than cultural showcases; they’re stress tests for policy,
procurement and people at scale. Expo 2025 Osaka—held from 13 April to 13 October
on Yumeshima Island under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”—set
an ambitious bar: 28 million visitors, nearly 150 national pavilions and a programme
spanning climate, digital transformation and public health. Early momentum was clear—
8+ million visitors in the first two months, 1,500+ forums and workshops, and an 84%
satisfaction rate—yet organisers still had to navigate late pavilion mobilisation, cost
inflation, labour constraints and access pinch points
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