OSAKA, Japan, nineteenth September, 2025 (WAM) — Shihab Alfaheem, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to Japan and Commissioner General of the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, affirmed that the celebration of “UAE Day” embodies the nation’s developmental journey and the exceptional progress it has achieved since its first participation in Expo Osaka greater than 5 a long time in the past.
Alfaheem stated, “The UAE’s first participation in Expo was in Osaka 55 years ago under the flag of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Today, we return under the flag of the United Arab Emirates and in the presence of H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, symbolising the continuity of engagement and the great progress the nation has achieved since that time.”
He added that the UAE’s participation in Expo 2025 Osaka follows the good success of internet hosting Expo 2020 Dubai, which attracted greater than 24 million guests. He famous that the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka has been drawing a large turnout because of its distinctive design, which resembles an Emirati oasis and incorporates parts of the native surroundings equivalent to palm fronds, providing guests a holistic sensory and cultural expertise.
He defined that the UAE Pavilion focuses on three primary themes: house, well being, and sustainability, emphasising that the pavilion’s architectural design ensures a clean customer expertise with out overcrowding, thereby enhancing interplay with the day by day actions and occasions.
Since opening in mid April 2025, the Pavilion has develop into an area of storytelling, connection, and discovery. With its theme Earth to Ether, it gives an immersive expertise that bridges the UAE’s wealthy heritage with its forward-looking imaginative and prescient for world progress.
He identified that the pavilion has welcomed greater than 3 million guests in current weeks, expressing his aspiration to proceed attracting rising numbers till the tip of the exhibition. He burdened that this turnout displays the worldwide stature the UAE has attained, because of the smart imaginative and prescient of its management and its dedication to strengthening the nation’s presence on the worldwide stage.