Japan Expo 2025
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The mass production of "flying cars" to provide visitors with air taxi services at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is unlikely to be completed in time for the event's opening due to delays in safety certification, four operators involved in the project have said.
Japan had planned for the air taxi service to be among the expo's main attractions, with the two- to five-seater vehicles expected to provide access to the event's venue, set up on the artificial Yumeshima island in Osaka Bay.

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura is seeking to use the expo as an opportunity to introduce the idea of flying cars being implemented into society, but with safety hurdles not yet cleared and with only around a year and a half left until the expo opens, a limited number of aircraft are expected to be operational in time.

Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/10/13/tech/flying-cars-osaka-expo/

The construction costs for the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka are now expected to reach up to 235 billion yen (about 1.57 billion U.S. dollars), nearly 1.9 times the original estimate.
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the organizer of the event, informed relevant parties on Friday of the new estimate. This is the second time the venue construction cost estimate has been raised.

Source: https://english.news.cn/20231021/497ec25c3b414f03b04f8dd7b734ca8f/c.html

Last year Bandai Namco Holdings announced that it will have a Gundam-themed area at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. On Friday, the company revealed the name of the area and a visual, as well as concept art of what it will look like from the outside. The name of the area will be "Gundam Next Future Pavilion." The tagline on the image below reads, "It will connect to the 'future'."

Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-10-09/bandai-namco-reveals-concept-art-visual-for-2025-world-expo-gundam-next-future-pavilion/.203237

Seven of the 13 private-sector companies and organizations that will have pavilions at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo announced the concepts behind their exhibitions at an event Wednesday.
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition arranged the event, where mock-ups of the pavilions were unveiled and the basic concepts behind their exhibits were explained.

Source: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20231005-141169/

A gumnut-inspired design by a global design team led by Buchan has been chosen for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka.

Buchan’s design team has come up with a truly Australian pavilion, which calls on the ubiquitous eucalyptus tree and its gumnut as a symbol of ‘the diversity and resilience of Australian people,’ says Buchan.

The structure will reference the gumnut as an abstracted form and will be illuminated with a soft rosy glow to ‘reflect the vibrancy of contemporary Australian society’.

The bright colours of eucalyptus gum blossoms will be a feature of Buchan’s design for the Australian Pavilion for Expo 2025, Osaka. Render: FloodSlicer

Source: https://www.artshub.com.au/news/news/a-giant-gumnut-will-define-australia-to-the-world-at-expo-2025-2671703/

rooftop observation deck

Source: https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/03/construction-expo-2025-osaka-masterplan-sou-fujimoto/

A groundbreaking ceremony took place in early September for the Japan pavilion of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo on Osaka’s man-made Yumeshima Island. The pavilion will serve as a venue for the government to promote the expo’s theme of “Designing Future Society for Our Lives” as the host country and also play a diplomatic role in welcoming foreign dignitaries and other visitors.

Source: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20230912-136073/

Yoichi Miyamoto, head of the Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, said Friday that he is unsure whether foreign pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka can be built in time.
"At this point, I don't know whether they will be completed in time (for the Expo's opening) or not," Miyamoto, also chairman of general contractor Shimizu Corp., told a press conference regarding the delayed construction of pavilions for foreign countries participating in the Osaka Expo.

Source: https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2023092200906/

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New pictures have surfaced of Sou Fujimoto’s 700-meter diameter wooden ring roof taking shape in Japan. Designed as the master plan for the highly-anticipated Expo 2025 Osaka, the proposal reveals a 60,000 sqm green-filled structure that will serve as the international fair’s main circulation path. In a recent interview with designboom, the Japanese architect stated that the roof ‘not only protects people from sunlight and rain but is also enormous, with a diameter of almost 700 meters. We are designing it using a wooden structure, which presents unique challenges due to the scale and materials involved. However, Japan has a wonderful tradition of historical wood construction, and I aim to draw inspiration from it and blend it with new technology in the construction process. This work is not only a wonderful trial for working on such a large scale but also an exciting challenge in terms of innovative construction techniques.’

source: https://www.designboom.com/architecture/construction-starts-sou-fujimoto-700-meter-diameter-wooden-ring-roof-expo-2025-osaka-master-plan-09-04-2023/