THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 14, 2023 at 18:53 JST
Hiroyuki Ishige, the secretary-general of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, speaks at a news conference on July 13 in Osaka’s Chuo Ward. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
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