Japan’s Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai bills itself as the “People’s Living Lab; A laboratory for a future society” and challenges the world to imagine a more sustainable future.
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But news reports seem to suggest it is not ensuring a sustainable present for the women working on its construction site, with an employee’s toilet plea unanswered.
Writing on the Osaka Prefectural Government website, the construction worker appealed for women’s restrooms to be installed at the site of the expo, set to open on April 13, The Mainichi newspaper reported.
But whether management has responded remains unclear.
A comment attributed to a “woman working inside [an Expo] pavilion” was submitted on December 6 and posted on the website on January 31.
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The user stated: “There are only men’s restrooms on site, with no facilities for women … I can only use the restroom at 7am when I arrive at the railway station, and around 6pm after work when I return.”