Overview
- As of August 8, cumulative ticket sales reached approximately 18.0957 million, surpassing the Japan International Exposition Association’s roughly 18 million break-even threshold.
- Current ticket revenue is expected to cover about ¥96.9 billion—roughly 80% of the Expo’s ¥116 billion operating budget.
- Organizers remain focused on reaching a final sales target of 23 million tickets before the Expo closes and are maintaining promotional efforts to boost remaining sales.
- Daily ticket sales accelerated from about 20,000 per day before the April opening to around 70,000 afterward, fueled by social media buzz and the introduction of discounted weekday and evening tickets.
- Government experts caution that unplanned expenses—such as typhoon damage or one closure day costing roughly ¥600 million—could affect final results due when full accounts are settled in late September.