Around 1 AM on November 24, 2018, a vote was held by member states at the 164th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), and as follows,2025The World Expo will be held in Osaka/Kansai (Japan).It has been decided that it will be held. The voting results are as follows.
[Voting results]
(First Ballot)
・Japan: 85 votes
・Russia: 48 votes
Azerbaijan: 23 votes
(Runoff election)
・Japan: 92 votes (elected)
Russia: 61 votes (failed to be elected)