Advance Osaka Expo Ticket Sales Target Seen Unattainable
Tokyo, March 12 (Jiji Press)--With one month to go before the start of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, it seems unlikely that pre-event ticket sales will reach their target of 14 million.
Some 8.06 million tickets for the Osaka Expo, to be held on the artificial island of Yumeshima for 184 days from April 13, had been sold as of March 5, less than 60 pct of the target.
The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the organizer, has been struggling to sell tickets to individuals, with companies having purchased around 7 million tickets, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Osaka Expo follows the 2005 event held in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Osaka Prefecture will host an Expo for the second time after the one in 1970.
One month prior to the Aichi Expo, more than 5 million tickets had been sold to individuals and groups while companies had bought some 3 million.
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