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Sep 14, 2025 16:06 (JST)
Osaka, Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)–With the approach of the Oct. 13 closing of the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, visitor numbers are trending upward as last-minute visitors flock to the event.
Some five months after the opening, the cumulative number of general visitors to the Osaka Expo through Thursday reached around 18.54 million on a preliminary basis. The final total is expected to exceed the 22 million mark, regarded as the break-even point for operating costs, resulting in a projected surplus.
In the week to Thursday, the average number of visitors per day was about 177,000, up from about 153,000 in the previous week through Sept. 4. On Sept. 6, about 210,000 people visited the event, the largest number since the April 13 opening.
“Many people came to the Expo site even in the heat wave,” Hiroyuki Ishige, secretary-general of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, told a press conference on Monday. “We’re very happy.”
The association expects the peak number to be 227,000, but it is considering how many people it will accept at the maximum toward the end of the event.
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