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World Expo Osaka, Japan 1970
On March 14, the Expo opened. Emperor Hirohito and the Prime Minister attended the opening ceremony and delivered a short speech. Thousands of guests gathered in a garden to celebrate the great event. The next day, the Expo was open to the public. In the following 183 days, the Expo site was crowded with people, singing and laughing every day, and different performances from all over the world made the activities of the Expo climax one after another, colorful and dizzying.

Since the Osaka World Expo, almost every participating country has held its own National Day celebration, and guests from all countries have gathered together to pass on information, cooperate and exchange, and enhance friendship. Various cultural activities have added festive colors to the World Expo, and this move has also become a reserved program for future World Expo.

The Osaka World Expo was a great success, with 64,265,438+0,8770 visitors, setting a record for the first World Expo at that time (now surpassed by China). During this period, the highest daily visit was 835832 (September 5th) and the lowest was163857 (March16th). More than half of the Japanese people visited the Expo, and the investment as high as 654.38+050 billion yen was not only recovered quickly, but also made a lot of profits. Osaka World Expo has become a successful classic in the history of World Expo.

Japan has further opened its doors through the Osaka World Expo, made effective efforts to reintegrate into the international community, and contributed to the development of the Expo.

Kobo Abé, a famous Japanese novelist, said: "The real normality in today's world is modernization, and national civilization is developing rapidly. The key to opening the door to the world is "modernization", and its symbol is "cooperation and communication". 1970 The successful hosting of the Osaka World Expo marks the arrival of Japan's national modernization.

The Osaka World Expo closed on September 13 1970. The crown prince left a famous saying among the cheering crowd: "May the ideal fire of human progress and harmony never go out."