Members of Japanese delegation with Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura, second right, Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, center, and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui second left, arrives at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Cities in Russia, Japan and Azerbaijan are about to find out whether they can host the 2025 World Expo, an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture. The 170 member states of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions are voting Friday on whether to hand the expo to Yekaterinburg, Osaka or Baku. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the choice of host city for the 2025 World Expo (all times local):
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Japan's Osaka has won the right to host the 2025 World Expo, beating out cities in Russia and Azerbaijan for an event expected to draw millions of visitors.
The winner was chosen by the 170 member states of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions on Friday.
Past world's fairs brought the world such wonders as the Eiffel Tower, the Ferris Wheel and Seattle's Space Needle.
Leaders in Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, are hoping the expo will revitalize a city that has lost much of its luster to Tokyo. Osaka proposed an expo on a man-made island on the theme of "Society 5.0" and how to leverage robotics and artificial intelligence for the public good.
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Cities in Russia, Japan and Azerbaijan are about to find out which one of them gets to host the 2025 World Expo, an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture.
World Expos are held every five years; Milan hosted the last one in 2015, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is set to host the next one in 2020. Cities also hold specialized exhibitions in the interim years. No U.S. city has hosted a world's fair since the 1980s.
They can last up to six months and cost millions of dollars to host, but can help put a city on the global map by bringing in international visitors and attention.
Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko, delivers a speech at the164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Cities in Russia, Japan and Azerbaijan are about to find out whether they can host the 2025 World Expo, an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture. The 170 member states of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions are voting Friday on whether to hand the expo to Yekaterinburg, Osaka or Baku. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov delivers a speech at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in Paris, Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. Cities in Russia, Japan and Azerbaijan are about to find out whether they can host the 2025 World Expo, an event expected to draw millions of visitors and showcase the local economy and culture. The 170 member states of the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions are voting Friday on whether to hand the expo to Yekaterinburg, Osaka or Baku. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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