Marcos flies to Japan for World Expo 2025, business meetings 

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Marcos will also meet with the Filipino community and hold business meetings, although no details were made available about these engagements

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. travelled to Japan, primarily to see for himself the Philippine Pavillion at the World Expo in Osaka, the Palace confirmed Thursday, June 19. 

Marcos left on Thursday, June 19. Press officer Undersecretary Claire Castro said he would be back “by this weekend, po siguro (maybe).”

While he is gone, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella and Education Secretary Sonny Angara are the designated caretakers of the government. 

While in Japan, Marcos will also meet with the Filipino community and hold business meetings, although Castro did not give additional details about these meetings. 

Castro said she also did not know who accompanied the President, but said his delegation was “small.” 

The expo in Osaka kicked off on April 13 and will run until October 13. It is touted as “a space where 8 billion people from around the world will not only view exhibits but will co-create our future society.”

Japan Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, during an April 2025 visit to Manila, mentioned the Osaka Expo — both the current one and the 1970 iteration, which he and Marcos had apparently both visited, although possibly at different times. 

Castro downplayed how the last-minute Marcos visit to Japan was announced officially, telling reporters it was “really scheduled because of the expo, for the pavillion that the President is proud of.”

Typically, the Palace through the Presidential Communication Office announces to reporters covering the President his forthcoming foreign trips weeks or at least days in advance, often on the condition that the announcement is under embargo. – Rappler.com