2025 Expo ticket sales begin with 500 days to go amid cost concerns

Advance sales of admission tickets for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka began Thursday, 500 days before the global event in western Japan opens, amid lingering concern over ballooning costs.The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition aims to cover most of the operational costs through admission fees, setting a sales target of 23 million tickets for the event running from April 13 through Oct. 13.The organizer hopes that 14 million tickets, or about 60 percent of the sales target, will be sold in advance.Facing headwinds such as slower-than-expected progress in the building of pavi…READ FULL ARTICLE