Osaka ¨C It would be hard not to notice the changes around the expansive grounds of the Osaka Expo in recent weeks.
Tents now dot the large open area in front of the popular French and American pavilions, with guests in the lineup huddling underneath for a bit of respite from the relentless sun. Mist fans blow icy cold air at passersby ¡ª enticing many to linger for a more complete cooldown. And parked, air-conditioned buses set up as cooling stations attract a couple dozen heat-weary ¡°passengers¡± at a time.
The theme of the Osaka Expo is ¡°Designing Future Society for Our Lives.¡± But with climate change fueling increasingly severe heat waves the world over and pushing the mercury to new heights in Japan, one of the expo¡¯s biggest challenges has been to design a site that¡¯s compatible with the present.
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