The Japan Pavilion aims to represent “SDGs+beyond,” an international vision focusing on future society beyond 2030 based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) stipulated by the United Nations. The similarities between the logo and real-world lookalikes did not go unnoticed: Many people pointed out how the logo looks similar to the Amazon Rainforest fruit guarana. Shinji Inoue, Japanese minister in charge of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, has announced the end of his self-quarantine at home over the novel coronavirus on Saturday. According to the Cabinet Office, a public health center told Inoue that he does not fall in the category of a person with close contact with a COVID-19 patient and the minister tested negative for the virus in a polymerase chain reaction test. The projected visitor count is approximately 28 million.

……it's Shimada in Parasyte ? Please consider subscribing today so we can continue offering you up-to-date, in-depth news about Japan. We are so confuuused. Set to take place from April 13 to October 13 2025, … Another social media user created an augmented reality (AR) character for iPhone that was based on the logo: iPhoneの人はここからダウンロードして遊んでnehttps://t.co/T2cTciZDyq#コロシテくん #いのちの輝きくん #いのちの輝き #大阪万博 #Expo2025 #C4D #C4Djp pic.twitter.com/yoYHfXn8z5, — Keisuke Terashima #KeepDistanceRuler (@kskee) August 26, 2020, I created an AR character that can summon (the logo). A little bit of flour, butter, sugar and eggs brings the logo to life! Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. Expo 2025 (Japanese: 大阪万博2025, romanized: Oosaka banpaku 2025) is a forthcoming World Expo sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which will be held in Osaka, Japan. This dossier is now being reviewed by the BIE and its Member States … The new minister, who assumed the post only on Wednesday, is rearranging his schedule to realize his first visit to Osaka since taking office. “No effing way!” The Japan Times LTD. All rights reserved. Resembling a red donut with blue eyes, the official name of the World Expo 2025 logo is 命の輝き (inochi no kagayaki, meaning “brilliance of life”). International Exhibitions Promotion Office, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, The Kyoto University Museum Associate Professor, Design strategist / NOSIGNER Representative / Keio University Graduate School SDM (Associate Professor), Curator / Producer / Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery Curator, Landscape architect / CEO, LANDSCAPE PLUS LTD, Architect / Professor of Kyoto University / Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office, Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Discussions to Start on Basic Concepts for the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. The winning design, choice “E” (see tweet below), selected from a list of five logo submissions, provoked a variety of confused reactions when it was revealed: Yall, why did they choose E when they had so many beautiful choices? To stay independent, free, and sustainable, our community needs the help of friends and readers like you. It will take place for six months during 2025, opening 3 May 2025, and closing 23 November 2025. #koroshite-kun #InochiNoKagayaki #OsakaExpo2025.

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan will explore the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” aiming to foster worldwide cooperation in building a society where everyone can pursue their own way of life and demonstrate their own potential to the fullest. Others tried to imagine how the logo might feel after being disparaged on social media: — 関西風うどん⚡️ (@Umai_TanTanMen) August 25, 2020, [captions] We translate Global Voices stories to make the world's citizen media available to everyone. As a kickoff effort for a series of discussions on the Japan Pavilion in FY2020, METI decided to discuss and formulate the “basic concepts” for the pavilion, including basic policies, including missions, visions and plans for buildings, displays and communicating information. Read Nick Kapur's Twitter full thread with many more memes, and follow the Twitter hashtag #コロシテくん (koroshite-kun) for more. That is, a sustainable society that supports such diverse ways of living. Going forward, a second and following meetings of the workshop will be held and basic concepts for the pavilion will be formulated by the end of FY2020. METI will exhibit the Japanese Government Pavilion (Japan Pavilion) at the 2025 World Exposition in Japan (Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan).