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A multi-eyed mascot, a immense woody Grand Ring, 160 countries and regions strutting their stuff, and robots and sushi galore: Expo 2025 begins Sunday successful Osaka, Japan.
World Expo is held each 5 years successful antithetic planetary locations. Here are 5 things to cognize astir this event, which runs until mid-October.
Grand Ring
Encircling dozens of nationalist pavilions is the Grand Ring -- recognised by Guinness World Records arsenic the planet's largest woody architectural structure.
Architect Sou Fujimoto says his edifice, which outgo 34.4 cardinal yen ($230 million) and has a circumference of 2 kilometres (1.2 miles), is simply a awesome of unity.
Latticed beams clasp up a sloping roof, 20 metres (65 feet) gangly astatine its highest point, which doubles arsenic a "skywalk".
Fujimoto told AFP that helium chose wood arsenic a sustainable material.
But Japanese media accidental conscionable 12.5 percent of the impermanent operation volition beryllium reused -- down from the archetypal program of 25 percent.
'Mysterious' mascot
Myaku-Myaku, Expo 2025's mascot, is reddish and bluish with 5 googly eyes dotted astir its smiling rima -- and 1 much oculus connected its bobbly reddish tail.
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It is "a mysterious carnal calved from the fusion of cells and water", according to lawsuit organisers.
"Basking successful the sunlight is the root of its energy" and sometimes the shape-shifting Myaku-Myaku "forgets its archetypal form", they say.
Despite puzzled reactions erstwhile it was unveiled, the mascot has since go fashionable among societal media users successful Japan, and has adjacent inspired instrumentality art.
Slow income
This is Osaka's 2nd World Expo aft the 1970 variation that was attended by 64 cardinal people, a grounds until Shanghai successful 2010.
At Expo 1970, the archetypal movie successful IMAX format was shown and visitors admired rocks brought backmost from the Moon.
But this clip summons income person been dilatory and galore locals are unimpressed by the operation being 27 percent implicit budget.
Organisers privation to merchantability 23 cardinal tickets overall, and arsenic of past week, 8.7 cardinal had been sold. To promote visitors, same-day admittance volition present beryllium possible.
Meteorites and Marley
Japan's pavilion volition amusement disconnected a meteorite from Mars discovered successful Antarctica by Japanese researchers -- the archetypal clip it volition beryllium connected show to the public.
Hungry visitors can halt by Japan's longest sushi conveyor loop earlier checking retired cutting-edge robots, drone shows and a beating "heart" grown from stem cells.
The US pavilion, themed "America the Beautiful", has an LED-screen simulator of a NASA rocket launch.
Elsewhere visitors tin assistance polish 5 heart-shaped "Love and Peace" rocks, portion the Jamaica pavilion features life-size Bob Marley and Usain Bolt statues and a bobsleigh.
Ukraine 'peace'
Russia announced successful 2023 -- the twelvemonth aft it invaded Ukraine -- that it would not enactment successful the Expo.
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But Ukraine is present, contempt its dire fiscal concern caused by the warfare -- a determination that Osaka's politician has said "conveys peace".
It volition reportedly amusement 18 objects including helmets utilized successful the restoration of powerfulness facilities damaged by the Russian invasion, but these were not yet connected show astatine a preview connected Wednesday.
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