Overview

• The six-month Expo concluded on Oct. 13 with a provisional total of 25,077,601 visitors, according to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition.
• Organisers expect an operating surplus estimated between ¥23 billion and ¥28 billion following stronger-than-anticipated ticket sales.
• Daily attendance topped 200,000 for 30 straight days from Sept. 12, with popular pavilions such as Italy’s drawing waits of up to five hours.
• Early months were marred by problems including swarms of midges, legionella detected in a water feature, and a train suspension that stranded more than 30,000 people with over 30 hospitalised.
• The Grand Ring, certified as the world’s largest wooden architectural structure, will be mostly dismantled with a 200‑meter section preserved, as a student-led petition with roughly 7,000 signatures urges saving it in full.