(2)Aichi Expo holds pre-opening ceremony

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech during the pre-opening ceremony of the 2005 World Exposition in the town of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on March 24. Koizumi said that people should appreciate the significance of the Japanese word ''Mottainai (waste not, want not)'' and achieve economic development while protecting the environment through the use of science and technology.

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