World Expo to bolster trade ties with Japan

China Pavilion expected to be a major platform to boost bilateral exchanges

China and Japan will jointly develop World Expo 2025 into a platform for exchanges and friendship between the two peoples, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade said on Wednesday.

World Expo 2025, to be held from April 13 to Oct 13 in Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, has seen all preparatory work basically completed. The China Pavilion, themed "Building a Community of Life for Man and Nature — Future Society of Green Development", will officially open on April 13, the Beijing-based council said.

As tensions rise over impending tariff threats from the United States and growing uncertainties in the external environment, China, Japan and South Korea are expected to form closer ties to maintain Asia's economic stability and create a buffer against unilateralism.