This year, Japan Expo will welcome 900 exhibitors including a booth promoting Osaka 2025 World Expo, which will be held in 2025.
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00:00One of the largest Japanese pop culture conventions in Europe opened its doors on Thursday in
00:08Paris.
00:09From the latest mangas to handcrafted souvenirs, it's the place to be for fans of Japanese
00:14culture with more than 900 exhibitors present this year.
00:18Osaka takes center stage as Japan Expo City of the Year and it also happens to be the
00:24host city for the next World Expo in 2025.
00:29The World Expo is one of the oldest and largest international events held every five years
00:34since 1851 and is a global platform for innovation and collaboration.
00:40The theme for next year is all about designing a future society for our lives.
00:45All the countries and organizations will produce their pavilions and inside the pavilions you
00:51can experience their traditional food, culture, technologies and then also there's going to
00:58be flying cars like latest technologies or AI translation system so people when you go
01:04there you can see what the future is going to be like.
01:07France's pavilion is one of the most anticipated ones.
01:11To all the visitors who will be coming to the France pavilion they will be able to enjoy
01:17an immersive exhibition thought as a romantic stroll through France to discover French heritage
01:25and French culture and the visitor will also be able to enjoy some good French food.
01:31There will be a bakery and also a bistro.
01:35At the Japan Expo in Paris visitors can see some of the featured works that will be exhibited
01:40in France's pavilion in Osaka next year like this tapestry representing a scene from the
01:46legendary Princess Mononoke animation film highlighting our relationship with nature.
01:53It took craftsmen more than one year to weave this tapestry that will be featured at the
01:58entrance of the Osaka World Expo.