Man admitted to Japan's Expo 2025 with 85-year-old ticket

Fumiya Takenawa, a collector of expo-related memorabilia, purchased the 1940 ticket online in March. -- PHOTO: MAINICHI SHIMBUN via The Straits Times/ANN

TOKYO (AFP): A man was admitted to the World Expo in Japan with a ticket to a 1940 event that was called off as war escalated, organisers said.

Tickets for the "Grand International Exposition of Japan" in Tokyo were released in 1938 but the event was postponed indefinitely as Japan became embroiled in World War II.