6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) stands holding a plaque at a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 3 to award a prize to people who coined this year's best catchphrases. Six phrases related to Koizumi, such as his ''reform without sacred cows,'' were chosen by publisher Jiyukokuminsha as this year's most popular catchphrases.

Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

Koizumi's pet expression chosen as catchphrase of year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) stands holding a plaque at a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 3 to award a prize to people who coined this year's best catchphrases. Six phrases related to Koizumi, such as his ''reform without sacred cows,'' were chosen by publisher Jiyukokuminsha as this year's most popular catchphrases.