A restored 1970 Expo treasure leads 68 films from emerging voices across Asia at the Osaka Asian Film Festival. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/15/film/osaka-asian-film-festival-preview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #2025osakaexpo #filmfestivals #shortfilms #asiancinema #osaka
An eight-hour suspension of services on Osaka Metro’s Chuo Line on Wednesday evening due to a power outage left some 30,000 visitors stranded at the Osaka Expo, forcing many to spend the night in the event’s pavilions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/japan/society/osaka-expo-train-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #2025osakaexpo #osaka#hirofumiyoshimura
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura has suggested the possibility of making another bid for a so-called Osaka metropolis plan, an idea rejected twice in local referendums. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/politics/ishin-osaka-metropolis-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #osaka #nipponishinnokai #localgovernment
Ticket sales for the ongoing World Expo in Osaka have exceeded 18 million, the break-even point for operating costs, organizers said Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/11/japan/osaka-expo-ticket-sales-break-even/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka
The theme of the Osaka Expo is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” But with climate change fueling severe summer heat, one of the expo’s top challenges has been to design a site that’s compatible with the present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/10/climate-change/osaka-expo-large-events-summer-heat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #2025osakaexpo #climatechange #heatwaves #health #osaka
slims :miyagi: 🐟⁂
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Instead of exposing myself to the madness of going to the Expo 25 thing while staying in Osaka, I did the much more relaxed, cheaper and probably more interesting alternative and visited the Expo 70 memorial park. I praised the sun and marvelled at the miniatures. Recommended for everyone liking retrofuture and the time where we still believed technology is here to save the day.
#japan #osaka #expo #retrofuturism #technology #design #art #fashion
Inside the sun tower, looking at the tree of life from below. Very colorful lighting, red walls, a green tree, yellow and orange jellyfish and other simple lifeforms hanging from it.
Very large Small scale model of the 1970 Osaka Expo.
Costumes from the Mitsubishi pavilion from 1970s Osaka Expo, Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter variants. Dresses with red and white designs with some blue accents.
Taro Okamotos Sun Tower from afar standing in a park on a lawn. Basically a sculpture of a long white alien dude, with two pointy arms on each side, one angry looking face on its stomach and a golden round face on the top.
Instead of exposing myself to the madness of going to the Expo 25 thing while staying in Osaka, I did the much more relaxed, cheaper and probably more interesting alternative and visited the Expo 70 memorial park. I praised the sun and marvelled at the miniatures. Recommended for everyone liking retrofuture and the time where we still believed technology is here to save the day.
#japan #osaka #expo #retrofuturism #technology #design #art #fashion
Inside the sun tower, looking at the tree of life from below. Very colorful lighting, red walls, a green tree, yellow and orange jellyfish and other simple lifeforms hanging from it.
Very large Small scale model of the 1970 Osaka Expo.
Costumes from the Mitsubishi pavilion from 1970s Osaka Expo, Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter variants. Dresses with red and white designs with some blue accents.
Taro Okamotos Sun Tower from afar standing in a park on a lawn. Basically a sculpture of a long white alien dude, with two pointy arms on each side, one angry looking face on its stomach and a golden round face on the top.
Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Seiji Maehara and three senior party leaders are stepping down from their positions to take responsibility for the party’s lackluster performance in the July 20 Upper House election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/japan/politics/nippon-ishin-maehara-resignations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #seijimaehara#hirofumiyoshimura #ldp #shigeruishiba #osaka
With the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito no longer having a majority in parliament, Osaka-based Nippon Ishin no Kai leaders have indicated they might be willing to become a third member — under the right conditions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/politics/ishin-coalition-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #nipponishinnokai #seijimaehara#hirofumiyoshimura #osaka #ldp #shigeruishiba
Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical will accelerate efforts to reform its corporate culture marked by workers' reliance on top management, Chairman Yoshihito Ota has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/companies/kobayashi-pharmaceutical-corporate-culture-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kobayashipharmaceutical #osaka #pharmaceuticals #health #corporategovernance
There was a time when the notion of a Japanese player making it to the NHL was absurd enough that it became the butt of a legendary hockey joke. Jordan Spence may be changing that view. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/03/more-sports/jordan-spence-hockey-hokkaido/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #jordanspence #hokkaido #ottawasenators #osaka
A fan of Suntory’s Roku gin? Look out for its new Osaka distillery when it officially opens to the public next spring. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/03/food-drink/suntory-new-distillery-gin-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #osaka #drinking
Japanese startup SkyDrive is conducting demonstration flights of its flying car for visitors at the World Exposition in the city of Osaka for most of August. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/flying-car-demonstration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #2025osakaexpo #osaka #startups #skydrive
A researcher is calling for the remaining buildings of a military factory in operation during World War II in the city of Osaka to be preserved as a "negative legacy." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/osaka-arsenal-negative-legacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #osaka #imperialjapanesearmy
Eat your greens: P72 wants to make plant-based dining fun and inspirational. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/25/food-drink/p72-plant-based-cuisine-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #chefs #vegetables #fermentation #osaka
While the ongoing World Exposition in Osaka frequently draws more than 100,000 visitors a day, interest is also growing in services that allow people to enjoy the event remotely through virtual spaces or online tours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/24/japan/osaka-expo-virtual-experience/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #2025osakaexpo #virtualreality #osaka #ntt #pasona #elderly
A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit with Osaka High Court on Tuesday to nullify the results of Sunday's House of Councilors election in six electoral districts, claiming that it was unconstitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/crime-legal/vote-disparity-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #osaka #votedisparity #2025upperhouseelection
Went back for another assignment at #Osaka#worldExpo#Japan and saw no line at the mediocre #India (sorry, "Bharat") pavilion but a decent line at the far-superior #Indonesia pavilion.
Word has gotten around, it seems.
Researchers at the University of Osaka Hospital conducted surgeries last year to reduce the number of fetuses in 10 cases of multiple pregnancy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/science-health/multifetal-pregnancy-reduction-surgeries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #pregnancy #osaka #hospitals #abortion
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is considering holding a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is set to visit the 2025 Osaka Expo this week, government sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/politics/ishiba-bessent-osaka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #scottbessent #shigeruishiba #osaka #2025osakaexpo #us #trade #tariffs #usjapanrelations