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Notes from Osaka: What Japan teaches Kenya

This image released by Expo 2025 shows a view of the site of World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 8, 2024. (Expo 2025 via AP)

Standing amidst the meticulous elegance of Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan, I find myself continually humbled not just by Japan’s technological sophistication, but by something even more profound: its quiet mastery of process.

As Commissioner General for the Kenya Section at the Expo 2025, I have had the privilege of leading our country’s participation. And yet, what has struck me most is how Japan rises not with noise but with method.

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