{"id":58672,"date":"2023-09-24T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/24\/costs-delays-and-labour-shortages-threaten-the-osaka-world-expo"},"modified":"2023-09-24T18:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T09:00:20","slug":"costs-delays-and-labour-shortages-threaten-the-osaka-world-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=58672","title":{"rendered":"Costs, delays and labour shortages threaten the Osaka world expo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan hopes the fair in 2025 will reconnect it with the global community after Covid but calls are growing to delay or scrap the event<\/p>\n<p>In the distance, beyond the clouds of sand kicked up by a coastal wind and passing lorries, the centrepiece of Osaka\u2019s plan to \u201creconnect the world\u201d is finally taking shape.<\/p>\n<p>When completed, huge sections of timber will form an enormous walkway encircling a \u201cforest of tranquillity\u201d and pavilions showcasing the history, culture and technology of more than 130 countries, with the host, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/japan\" title=\"\">Japan<\/a>, at its heart.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/24\/costs-delays-and-labour-shortages-threaten-the-osaka-world-expo\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan hopes the fair in 2025 will reconnect it with the global community after Covid but calls are growing to delay or scrap the eventIn the distance, beyond the clouds of sand kicked up by a coastal wind and passing lorries, the centrepiece of Osaka\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,558,557,88,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-global-economy","category-international-trade","category-japan","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58673,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58672\/revisions\/58673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}