Tunisia will participate in the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo (Japan) which will be held from April 13 to October 13, 2025, on the theme of "Designing the Society of the Future, Imagining Our Life of Tomorrow." 160 country and nearly 28 million visitors will attend the event. The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo will take place on the artificial island of Yumeshima, which is located on the waterfront of the Japanese city of Osaka, said, Monday, CEO of the Export Promotion Center (CEPEX) Mourad Ben Hassine, during an information day held on this event at the CEPEX headquarters, in collaboration with the Tunisian-Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCITJ ). The Tunisian pavilion will cover an area of 300 m2 and will be run along three main axes in relation to the chosen theme, namely "the management and optimization of water resources", "healthy local products and cultural heritage" and "Tunisia's progress in the fields of science and medicine," he added. «We will seek to promote Tunisia's image by highlighting the r ichness of its cultural and historical heritage and get visitors immersed in the Tunisian culture and history from the Carthaginian era until the contemporary period,» Ben Hassine pointed out. «We will also promote Tunisia's main wealth, namely its resilient youth who are capable of meeting challenges as well as developing creative and innovative solutions in different areas,» the same source said, adding that « we will make sure that Tunisia could serve as a Japan's strategic partner.» According to Ben Hassine, the Tunisian participation aims to establish win-win partnerships, market the Tunisian offer in terms of goods and services, provide new commercial and exchange opportunities and attract investments in the field of innovation, science and technology. He pointed out that an emphasis will be laid on promoting local tourism and persuade stakeholders that Tunisia could serve as an ideal platform fostering the transfer of knowledge and technologies to other African nations, thanks to its strategic geogr aphical location. Taking the floor, Minister of Trade and Export Development, Kathoum Ben Rejeb, stressed that this participation, which is organized by a national steering committee chaired by the CEO of CEPEX, is part of Tunisia's efforts to adhere to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She spoke of the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) which was held on August 27 and 28, 2022 in Tunisia. She described the conference as «a big success» which helped at devising a work plan aimed at developing African countries. Japanese Ambassador to Tunisia, Takeshi Osuga, declared that this international event which takes place every five years, over six months, offers participating countries a unique opportunity to promote various economic sectors and highlight their efforts aimed at finding solutions to meet current challenges. The Japanese Ambassador congratulated Tunisia on the successful organization of TICAD 8, referring to the agreement signed between Tunisia and Japan, last Feb ruary 26, on building a wastewater treatment station in Gabès. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse