SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has expressed his delight over the experience and knowledge gained during his recent visit to the 2025 World Expo Osaka in Kansai Japan.
His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin and the Raja Muda of Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah, visited 36 pavilions throughout the five-day stay in the Land of the Rising Sun from May 3.
The Selangor Ruler described the visit as a learning process, particularly regarding the sustainability of new technologies, climate change and its effect on the natural resources and the environment, as well as the future prospects of global social and economic development.
According to a post on the Selangor Royal Office Facebook page, this is the fourth World Expo that His Royal Highness has attended, following visits to Seville in Spain in 1992; Shanghai, China in 2010; and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2021.
Sultan Sharafuddin was attracted by the concept of the World Expo, which has been held since 1851, as a global platform for countries to showcase their best achievements in various fields, such as technology, innovation, culture, architecture, economy and social solutions.
The Expo in Osaka was themed Designing Future Society for Our Lives and participated by 158 countries, each showcasing the uniqueness of their respective pavilions.
Among the pavilions that His Royal Highness visited were Austria, Bahrain, China, Colombia, Kuwait, Switzerland, Australia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Indonesia, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Thailand, Turkiye, Uzbekistan, Japan, Canada, the UAE, Qatar, France, the Philippines, the Netherlands, Oman, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Turkmenistan and the Nordic countries.
On the final day of the visit, Sultan Sharafuddin viewed exhibits at the pavilions of Portugal, Egypt, Chile, Monaco and Peru.
"His Royal Highness found that the outcomes and presentations of each country’s pavilion effectively conveyed a broad universal message, encompassing various aspects of life for the sustainability and unity of humanity in the future,” the post added.- Bernama
