Man admitted to Japan’s 2025 World Expo with 85-year-old ticket

<p>Collector of Expo memorabilia had a ticket to the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan, which was postponed indefinitely due to the war</p><p>A man was admitted to the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/12/japans-world-expo-a-positive-vision-of-the-future-for-our-divided-world">World Expo in Japan </a>using a ticket to the 1940 Grand International Exposition of Japan, an event that was called off as war escalated, organisers said.</p><p>Tickets for the Grand International Exposition of Japan in Tokyo were released in 1938 but the event was postponed indefinitely as Japan became embroiled in the second world war.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/08/japan-world-expo-2025-with-1940-ticket">Continue reading...</a>