Turkmenistan Becomes First to Celebrate National Day at Osaka Expo

On Monday, Turkmenistan became the first Central Asian country to celebrate a "national day" at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, which had officially opened the day before.

All Expo participants, including nations and regions, are each allocated a special day to promote themselves, such as culture. Turkmenistan held an event to show its traditional dance performance, The Caspian Post reports citing foreign media.

The national day for Japan is set for July 3.

On Sunday, about 119,000 people from the general public entered the Expo venue, the artificial island of Yumeshima, on Sunday, according to the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, the event's organizer.

The association said that congestion is expected to ease on Monday. From 11 a.m., the association sold same-day tickets allowing entry throughout the day for the first time, in addition to same-day night tickets, which were made available also on Sunday.