Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community, San Lwin, visited Osaka on 12-13 October for a working visit to the World Expo 2025.

At the invitation of Chairperson of the Japan Association of the World Exposition 2025, TOKURA Masakazu, he attended the EXPO’s closing ceremony and the official ceremony of the Bureau International des Expositions, and toured ASEAN member states’ pavilions. The visit underscores ASEAN’s active involvement and the region’s growing global engagement at this landmark event. The ASEAN Pavilion has welcomed more than two million visitors, nearly seven times the attendance recorded at the 2020 Expo Dubai.

Utilization of Expo 2025 Osaka to Enhance ASEAN Awareness as a Single Tourist Destination is supported by the Government of Japan through the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF).