Further to the Registration of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan at the BIE General Assembly in December last year, we have been inviting other countries and international organizations around the world to participate in the Expo. On 7th April, Mr. INOUE Shinji, Minister for the World Expo 2025 met with Mr. Joseph M. Young, Charge d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy Tokyo. Stressing the importance of further fostering the Japan-U.S. relations and expressing Japan’s resolve to successfully host the Expo, Minister INOUE sought the United States’ active support for, and participation in, the Expo.