The Department of Tourism (DOT), together with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, unveiled before the international community details of the Philippine participation to the upcoming World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
The World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), will be held on Yumeshima Island in Osaka, Japan, from April 13 to October 13, 2025.
With the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” the Expo aims to address global challenges and envision sustainable futures through innovation and collaboration.
Leading the unveiling ceremony held at The Garden Oriental Osaka is Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, TPB COO Maria Margarita Montemayor-Nograles, together with Philippine Ambassador to Japan Mylene Garcia-Albano, 2025 World Exposition Commissioner General Ambassador Koji Haneda, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition Secretary General Hiroyuki Ishige, and Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama.
“The Philippines’ participation at the World Expo 2025 will be a showcase of our nation’s natural beauty and biodiversity, our proud history and heritage, and the culture and creativity of the Filipino people.”
“The Philippines’ participation at the World Expo 2025 will be a showcase of our nation’s natural beauty and biodiversity, our proud history and heritage, and the culture and creativity of the Filipino people, evincing our nation’s commitment to collaboration, innovation, and sustainability — hallmarks of our beloved President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s vision for our country’s transformation towards a Bagong Pilipinas – a New Philippines,” Frasco said.
“Japan has been a steadfast partner of the Philippines with bilateral relations deeply rooted in nearly seven decades of diplomatic and economic cooperation on various fronts, including trade and investment. Our people-to-people relations have also been long standing, with Japan consistently ranking as one of our top tourist markets, providing our third largest source of international visitors to the Philippines in 2023, and with the Philippines also ranking as one of Japan’s top source markets,” the tourism chief stressed.
“The Memorandum of Cooperation in Tourism, signed last year between our countries fortified these relations as does our participation in this Expo which shall expand our ties in tourism, trade, and investment, even as we look forward to expanding the same ties with the rest of the world as nations and peoples converge in Osaka in 2025,” the tourism head added.
The DOT has been appointed as the Chairperson and Commissioner-General of the Philippine Organizing Committee (POC), formed by virtue of Administrative Order No. 7 signed by Marcos on April 19, 2023, with the TPB designated as Secretariat.
“The precursor to our participation in the World Expo 2025 is also a reflection of our nation’s collective resolve and unity. We have converged with our National Government Agencies comprising the Philippine Organizing Committee,” Frasco said.
“We are optimistic that this steadfast support will ensure the execution of a truly excellent Philippine Pavilion, which we project would entice more tourists and investments to the Philippines.”
“We are collaborating with our local government units across all of our regions, and engaging the expertise and design talents of the private sector and our communities across the country. We are grateful for these invaluable partnerships. We are optimistic that this steadfast support will ensure the execution of a truly excellent Philippine Pavilion, which we project would entice more tourists and investments to the Philippines, create more economic opportunities and propel the continued prosperity of the Filipino people,” she added.
The unveiling in Osaka follows the local unveiling at Ayala Museum held by the DOT and TPB recently, which invited heads and officials of POC member agencies, other national government, House of Representatives, diplomatic and consular corps, national tourism associations and organizations, to preview the Philippines Pavilion.
