OSAKA: Japan is gearing up for the World Expo 2025, which will open in mid-April on the artificial island of Yumeshima off the shores of Osaka, the nation’s second most populated city.

Video taken on Feb. 14, 2025, shows Panasonic Holdings Corp.'s pavilion, Land of NOMO, for the 2025 World Exposition, which ...

Osaka IR is mainly funded by Orix Corp. and MGM Resorts Japan LLC. The IR is scheduled to open on Yumeshima island in Osaka Bay around autumn 2030, following the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo.