Japan man, 77, gives Swiss woman photo they took together 55 years after Osaka Expo encounter


By Fran Lu

Yamamoto has renewed his friendship with Marlies whom he met at the 1970 Osaka Expo by sending her a photo they took together 55 years ago. - mbs.jp

BEIJING: A 77-year-old man has renewed his friendship with an 81-year-old Swiss woman whom he met at the 1970 Osaka Expo thanks to Swiss staff at the same event this year, moving many people online.

Tatsuhiko Yamamoto was 22 when he visited the first World Expo held in Osaka, Japan, in 1970, and met Marlies, a female member of staff at the Swiss Pavilion.

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