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

TOKYO — Eighty-five years after his ticket was first issued for a similar event, a man was allowed to use it at this year's World Expo in Japan.

TOKYO — Eighty-five years after his ticket was first issued for a similar event, a man was allowed to use it at this year's World Expo in Japan.

Fumiya Takenawa attended Expo 2025 in the city of Osaka with a ticket that was originally issued for the Grand International Exposition of Japan in 1940, the organizers of this year's event said said in a statement on Monday.

They added that the original event did not take place because of Japan’s “intensifying war” in the region.

The Expo is a global event focusing on technological innovation and sustainable development. Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty ImagesTakenawa, 25, bought the old ticket in March in an online sale, he told Japan’s Mainichi newspaper, adding that he likes collecting things from old expos and had initially used it as home decoration.

But after wondering whether it could be used for this year's event, he said he approached the organizers who agreed he could use it.