Designing a better society
Can Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai
provide a change for good?
Unlock The Real Japan combines Nikkei Asia’s renowned insight into the business world with Time Out Tokyo’s knowledge of city life, ensuring that visiting executives can experience all sides of Japan.
This special site previews Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. We have an interview with Hiroaki Miyata, who has been entrusted with delivering one of the signature pavilions at the event, and find out about how self-driving buses will transport visitors around the Expo site. We also guide you through the best things to do in the host city and how to fit in with our Osaka etiquette guide. We also have reports on a revolutionary new stress test, an exciting adventure tourism platform and the highlights of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern gem.
A place of power
Hiroaki Miyata
How Hiroaki Miyata hopes his Expo 2025 pavilion can bring people from across the world together
Driving forces
Self-driving buses
Will autonomous buses signal a new direction for transport in Japan?
Force of nature
Max Mackee
How a new platform is helping visitors to experience Japan’s wild side
Etiquette guide
How to act like an Osakan
How to fit in in Osaka, one of the country’s most exciting business hubs