入場券販売、１０００万枚超に　修学旅行分など含め―万博協会

　日本国際博覧会協会の十倉雅和会長（経団連会長）は１７日、大阪市内で開いた記者会見で、４月に開幕する大阪・関西万博の前売り券の販売が修学旅行や団体旅行の予約分を含め１０２１万枚になるとの見通しを明らかにした。２００５年の愛知万博の前売り販売（９３９万枚）を上回る数字で、十倉会長は「残り１カ月で販売促進にしっかり取り組む」と強調した。
　協会は前売り券の販売目標を１４００万枚と設定。１２日時点での販売枚数は８２１万枚で、目標の約６割だった。販売実績に加算していない学校関連や団体旅行の予約分約２００万枚を合わせると１０２１万枚になる。（2025/03/17-20:29）

Over 10 million advance tickets are likely to be sold for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, Masakazu Tokura, chief of its organizing group, said Monday.
   "We'll work hard to promote sales in the remaining month" before the event opens in April, Tokura, chairman of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, told a news conference in Osaka.
   The association has set a goal of selling 14 million advance tickets. As of Wednesday, 8.21 million tickets had been sold. In addition, two million advance tickets have been booked by schools and other groups.
   The figure "may not reach 14 million, but will exceed 11 million," said Tokura, also chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.
   The association plans to sell 23 million tickets for the event.