Osaka–Kansai Expo Attendance Tops 10 Million at Halfway Mark

Visitor numbers at the 2025 Osaka–Kansai World Expo have passed 10 million three months after the fair opened on 13 April, the organising committee said on Sunday. Preliminary figures put cumulative attendance at 10.08 million as of 13 July, with 164,000 people entering the site on Saturday alone—the third-busiest day so far. The six-month event has now reached its halfway point and remains behind pace to meet the organiser’s forecast of 28.2 million visitors by closing day on 13 October. The association considers about 22 million admissions the threshold for covering operating costs. Officials expect traffic to pick up during Japan’s summer school holidays and toward the closing weeks. To attract more guests while easing congestion, the Expo is expanding daily programmes such as aerial demonstrations by the Air Self-Defense Force’s Blue Impulse team and reviewing transport management around the artificial-island venue in Osaka Bay.