82% of 2025 World Expo entities see low public interest as challenge

Around 80 percent of Japanese companies and entities involved in the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka indicated concerns over a lack of public enthusiasm for the event, with about a year to go until its opening, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.The questionnaire, which received responses from a total of 45 companies, sponsors and other organizations, also found less than 50 percent felt Japan's planned spending of 235 billion yen ($1.55 billion) for constructing the expo venue to be reasonable.The event, slated for April 13 through Oct. 13 next year on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osak…READ FULL ARTICLE