2018年9月8日

Should Osaka put on efforts more to get a nomination of the host city for 2025 World Expo?

Topic 1
Autumn is a good season for reading books and watching movies.
I like reading books from my childhood.
I lived in a small town in Wakayama when I was a child. My uncle sometimes took me to Wakayama City to watch a movie,then went to Miyaiheiando, the biggest bookstore in Wakayama. I was excited.
I thought the bookstore was huge. Now I know Kinokuniya and Maruzen/Junkudo, three or four times bigger than the bookstore. Besides, the bookstore went bust years ago.

1. What is your favorite book/movie/drama? Why do you like it?

2. Please recommend a book/movie/drama? Why do you recommend it?

3. Please tell us about a book/movie/drama influencing you and how it influenced you?

4. Due to Amazon and mega bookstores, local bookstores have been vanishing.
What do you think about this social phenomenon?

Topic 2: Should Osaka put on efforts more to get a nomination of the host city for 2025 World Expo?

1. I had a meeting with a general manager of a so-called big company in Tokyo this May. He had never lived in Kansai, but I expected he knew a little about 2025 World Expo. Actually, he did not know at all.
Have you ever heard Osaka is a candidate city for 2025 World Expo?

2. Why do the governments of Osaka City and Prefecture want to host 2025 World Expo?

3. What are the merits and demerits for hosting 2025 World Expo in Osaka?

4. Do you support for or oppose Osaka hosting 2025 World Expo?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/24/national/osaka-gears-final-stage-2025-world-expo-bid/#.W4la_rsnbIU