First posted in Japanese: November 30th, 2025
Official headline:The Osaka-Kansai Expo was essentially ignored by 92.6% of people living outside the Kansai region
• Population of Japan: 123.21 million
• Population of the Kansai region: 20.13 million
• Population of Japan outside the Kansai region: 103.08 million
(Both figures are thought to include foreign residents in Japan)
• Total number of visitors to the Expo: 25,578,986
(Limited to general visitors)
• According to the July survey, 65% of visitors were from the Kansai region
(70% in April)
• Although the survey date is unknown, approximately 5-6% were foreign visitors to Japan
• The remaining approximately 30% were visitors from within Japan outside the Kansai region
The figures for the entire duration are unknown, but if we apply the above figures directly, the number of visitors from within Japan outside the Kansai region would be 7,673,696
7,673,696 is 7.4444% of the population of Japan outside the Kansai region = 103.08 million. Therefore, 92.5556% of people living outside the Kansai region did not attend the Expo. A survey conducted in Tokyo before the exposition revealed that "82% did not want to go," meaning that over 10% more people skipped it. This is understandable.
Incidentally, at the 1970 Japan World Exposition (Osaka Expo, EXPO '70), more than half of the visitors (53-54%) came from outside the Kansai region. This was despite the fact that, as I've mentioned before, transportation wasn't as convenient back then.
This is all I can write for today, November 30th. I may add or revise this in the future. Thank you for your understanding.