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The Star
10-05-2025
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- The Star
Expo 2025 accepts 85-year-old ticket
A MAN was admitted to the World Expo in Japan with a ticket to a 1940 event that was called off as war escalated, organisers said. Tickets for the 'Grand International Exposition of Japan' in Tokyo were released in 1938 but the event was postponed indefinitely as Japan became embroiled in World War II. Organisers of Expo 2025 in the western city of Osaka, which opened last month and runs until mid-October, said in a statement they had decided to admit holders of tickets to the 1940 event. They exchanged one of the old tickets for two one-day Expo 2025 passes, the statement said. Local media reported that the 1940 ticket-holder was 25-year-old Fumiya Takenawa, who lives in Tokyo but was visiting his parents' home in Osaka. Takenawa is a collector of expo-related memorabilia and in March he purchased the 1940 ticket online, the Mainichi Shimbun daily and other outlets reported. They published a photograph of him smiling and holding up the old ticket, which features an elaborate red and black design. — AFP
NBC News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Man admitted to Japan's World Expo with 85-year-old ticket
Eighty-five years after his ticket was first issued for a similar event, a man was allowed to use it at this year's World Expo in Japan. Fumiya Takenawa attended Expo 2025 in the city of Osaka with a ticket that was originally issued for the Grand International Exposition of Japan in 1940, the organizers of this year's event said said in a statement on Monday. They added that the original event did not take place because of Japan's 'intensifying war,' in the region. The Empire of Japan invaded China in 1937 and four years later it staged a surprise attack on the American Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Takenawa, 25, bought the old ticket in March in an online sale, he told Japan's Mainichi newspaper, adding that he likes collecting things from old expos and had initially used it as home decoration. But after wondering whether it could be used for this year's event, he said he approached the organizers who agreed he could use it. 'This is my first expo, and I feel part of history,' he said, adding that he visited the Czech and Saudi Arabian pavilions at the expo. 'The person who had this ticket before me waited 85 years, and now their wish finally came true,' he said. Although he lives in Tokyo, he said he would like to revisit the expo when he travels to Osaka to see his family. The Expo, also known as World's Fair, showcases scientific, technological, economic, and social progress from around the planet. Launched in 1851 London's Crystal Palace, it is now held every five years in different locations under the supervision of an intergovernmental organization. The event in 1940 is known as the 'phantom Expo' as it never happened, the organizers said, adding that those with tickets for it have previously been allowed to attend the 1970 expo in Osaka and the 2005 expo in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi.
Hype Malaysia
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
Man Allowed Entry To The World Expo 2025 With An 85 Year Old Ticket
With Japan hosting the 5-year cycle World Expo 2025, there have been a good number of good deeds and surprises around every corner. With a whole airport rebranded to a Hello Kitty theme, Japan strikes again with a headline-making good deed for this year's expo. Japanese native Fumiya Takenawa was recently approved for entry to the World Expo 2025 held in Osaka using a ticket dating back to 1940. The ticket was a memorabilia he had purchased online for the Grand International Exposition of Japan, which was cancelled due to the escalation of the war at the time. Organisers of World Expo 2025 had graciously allowed Takenawa to exchange the old memorabilia ticket for two Expo 2025 passes. Reportedly, Takenawa is an avid collector of expo-related memorabilia where he bought the 1940 ticket online in March. He tells Mainichi Shibuya Daily, 'Expos are bridges of peace. After 85 years, I hope this clears the regrets of the person who couldn't attend the Expo that they must have been looking forward to'. He also revealed that his main interests were the Czech and Saudi Arabia pavilions. Interestingly, Takenawa actually lives in Tokyo but he intends to revisit the expo each time he visits his family in Osaka. The World Expo is event held every 5 years in different locations. This year, the event is held in Osaka, Japan and runs from 13th April to 13th October 2025, for a period of six months. Perhaps Takenawa's story may inspired others to try their luck with entering the expo with an old ticket. Would you pay a visit to the World Expo in Osaka? Source: The Mainichi Shibuya Daily Alyssa Gabrielle contributed to this article
The Mainichi
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Mainichi
News in Easy English: Man uses 85-year-old expo ticket to visit Expo Osaka
OSAKA -- A man had a very old ticket from an event 85 years ago. He used it to visit the new Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, on May 5. The ticket was for an earlier expo planned for Tokyo in 1940. But that expo did not happen because of war. The 1940 event was called the "2600 Japan International Exposition." People call it the "phantom expo" because it never really took place. Many tickets were not used. Later, people could use these tickets at other expos, like the 1970 Osaka Expo. The man with the old ticket is Fumiya Takenawa, 25, from Tokyo. He was visiting his parents in Osaka Prefecture. He likes the "Tower of the Sun," the famous building from Osaka's 1970 Expo. He collects things from old expos. In March, he found and bought an old 1940 expo ticket online. He first put it in his home as a decoration. Then he wondered if he could use the old ticket for Expo 2025. He asked the expo organizers, and they said yes, he could use it if it was a real ticket. Takenawa was happy. He said, "This is my first expo, and I feel part of history. Expos help people come together in peace. The person who had this ticket before me waited 85 years, and now their wish finally came true." He visited the Czech and Saudi Arabian pavilions. He said that he wants to visit the Expo again every time he comes to Osaka to see his family. In 1938, people bought about 1 million ticket books for the 1940 expo. Each book had 12 tickets and cost 10 yen at that time. (That is around 17,000 yen today, or about $118.) For the 2025 Expo, one whole old ticket book can be exchanged for two adult one-day tickets, and visitors keep the old ticket book afterward. In the past, people exchanged around 3,000 tickets at the 1970 Osaka Expo and about 100 tickets at Aichi Expo 2005. (Japanese original by Yukiko Hayashi, Osaka City News Department) Vocabulary phantom: a ghost, or something not real war: Fighting between groups or countries. organizer: A person or group who plans and runs an event. pavilion: A special building at an expo where countries show interesting things to visitors. exchange: To give one thing and receive another in return.
The Star
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Man admitted to Japan's Expo 2025 with 85-year-old ticket
Fumiya Takenawa, a collector of expo-related memorabilia, purchased the 1940 ticket online in March. -- PHOTO: MAINICHI SHIMBUN via The Straits Times/ANN TOKYO (AFP): A man was admitted to the World Expo in Japan with a ticket to a 1940 event that was called off as war escalated, organisers said. Tickets for the "Grand International Exposition of Japan" in Tokyo were released in 1938 but the event was postponed indefinitely as Japan became embroiled in World War II. Organisers of Expo 2025 in the western city of Osaka, which opened last month and runs until mid-October, said in a statement they had decided to admit holders of tickets to the 1940 event. They exchanged one of the old tickets on Monday for two one-day Expo 2025 passes, the statement said. Local media reported that the 1940 ticket-holder was 25-year-old Fumiya Takenawa, who lives in Tokyo but was visiting his parents' home in Osaka. Takenawa is a collector of expo-related memorabilia and in March he purchased the 1940 ticket online, the Mainichi Shimbun daily and other outlets reported. They published a photograph of him smiling and holding up the old ticket, which features an elaborate red and black design. The Expo or World's Fair, which brought the Eiffel Tower to Paris, began with London's 1851 Crystal Palace exhibition and is now held every five years in different locations. Previous Expos in Japan -- in Osaka in 1970 and in Aichi region in 2005 -- have had similar policies of giving "invitation tickets" to people holding passes for the 1940 event, the Expo 2025 organisers said Monday. Takenawa was reportedly a fan of the huge white and red "Tower of the Sun," the symbol of the 1970 Osaka Expo that still stands in a park in the metropolis. - AFP
