Overseas visitors to expo are a boon to Osaka retailers

Stores see visitors from a variety of countries, offer new services

Osaka Retail Yodobashi 2025-04

A couple from Turkey taste sake at Yodobloom Sake, a shop inside Yodobashi Camera Multimedia Umeda Store in Osaka. (Photo by Yasuki Okamoto)

YASUKI OKAMOTO and KENTA ANDO

OSAKA -- Retailers in Osaka are getting a boost from the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, which got underway in mid-April. The world exposition is attracting foreign visitors from many places, including officials from 158 participating countries and regions, who have shown interest in the city's goods.

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