Japan breaks ground on venue for World Expo 2025 in Osaka

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Japan breaks ground on venue for World Expo 2025 in Osaka

STORY: Japan breaks ground on venue for World Expo 2025 in Osaka DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: OSAKA, Japan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ground-breaking ceremony 2. STANDUP (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of animation of World Expo 2025 (Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition) STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent "Japan on Thursday broke ground on its venue for World Expo 2025 to be held in Osaka of the country's Kansai region. Covering about 155 hectares, the expo site is built in Yumeshima, an artificial island located in the Osaka Bay Area. A signature ring-shaped structure named 'the Grand Roof' will be featured at the venue, which represents the philosophy of 'unity in diversity' as a symbol of the expo, according to the association. Themed 'Designing Future Society of Our Lives,' the World Expo 2025 is scheduled to be held from April 13 to Oct. 13, 2025." With the construction work kicking off in April, the

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