Nagoya, 2005 Aichi Expo

What Impact’s Did The 2005 Aichi Expo Help Nagoya,

And Help Japan Play A Leading Role Globally?

History was in the making on this historical date March 25, 2005 for Japan and the city Nagoya until the pen stops writing on September 25, 2005. This was the new beginning for Japan and its fourth-biggest city Nagoya, which sits between the other two major cities in Japan, Tokyo and Osaka. The main focus here is that, is the history going to be full of negativity or full of positives by the end of September of 2005. The new beginning and start for Nagoya is suppose to put itself on the map and for the rest of the world to know what a fantastic city it is to live in. Did the new beginning come with a price tag or was it a green light from the start? What were the conflicts and the controversial problems before the 2005 Aichi Expo began? What were the results and the impacts of the Aichi Expo and did it help Japan play a leading role globally?

The 2005 Aichi expo had many obstacles to over come before the event can take place in Nagoya on March 25, 2006. There where many critics, environmentalist, and residential problems and issue that needed to be resolved and thought out before major construction of the area get started underway. The 2005 Aichi committee needed to deal with the on-going debate with resident and environmentalist and trying to convince them that by hosting the Aichi Expo event on March 25, 2005. The event would bring good

things to the city such as an increase in income, technology and state of the art architecture around the city. Rather than brining in any negative aspects and hazards to the resident that could harm them or the environment. For that reason, the beneficiary of this major event would be the people of Nagoya. Despite with all the positive features and outcome there were still unpleased people. Critics and environmentalists preferred to have a much cleaner environment to be in, rather to have more pollution in the area.

By hosting the Aichi Expo it brings a lot of concerns to the people and negative environmental issues that need to be resolved. Environmentalist are concerns with the lost of habitat, an increase of pollution and the lost of traditional way of living in the area. Everything is dramatically going to change into a modernization way of living in Japan where robots and machines do the physical and manual labor where it is required, while the citizen sit back and relax.

One of the environmentalist concerns is the lost of the Isahaya Wetlands and with the proximity of the Fujimae Wetlands close in the area it would cause a stoppage of migratory birds. The area records an astonishing number of 12,000 birds a day for a stopover in the spring. The birds are at risk of losing one of their most important feeding and resting place, where they migrate from Siberia have a stopover and go to Australia.

Another major negative environment concerns is that Nagoya one of the biggest city and with a big city it comes with a waste disposable problem and the cost of staging the exhibition 2005.

Thus, leads to a large amount of pollution and waste being emitted and dumped into the air and streams killing habitants in the area. On top of that the governor Reiji Suzuki is encouraging a progression of inefficient, environmentally destructive public work projects, that is supposedly to prime the local economy. With all the projects that are projected to finish for the 2005 Aichi Expo it would cost an estimated Y350bn (Dollars 3.3bn).

One significant lost to the Nagoya area is the Seto’s Kaisho Forest, enclosed in the area lies some of the most biologically rich regions and home to numerous endangered species, such as insects, birds and plants. The vicinity in the surrounding area would be destroyed to make room for the Expo’s pavilion. A major highway that would disturb the species in the area and disrupt the watershed and pollute the mountain streams because of the highway is being built and cut through the middle of the forest. As a result, local traffic and tourist going to the event causes air ...

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increases the amount of revenue, the amount of tourist and that is estimated to reach about 15 million people but that number can exceed that threshold and for that reason it will expose Nagoya to the world. “By exposing Nagoya, it helps the city and Japan in the economic aspect. For many years now Nagoya has been in the shadow of Osaka due the proximity of the two cities and Osaka is the one getting the lucrative investments by investor because Osaka is considered to be the entrepreneurial and industrial of Japan.” But that is all going to change because Nagoya is putting out a strong effort and a significant change to the fourth largest city in Japan. “The exhibitions chief producer Shohei Fukui grantees the change and that Osaka will not only be the city that has a global focal point. For that being said and done, Nagoya has built many infrastructure, and an advance technology on transportation and facility on how to sustain a cleanse environment.”

The expo major’s theme is called “Nature’s Wisdom”. With the theme name “Nature Wisdom”, that is exactly what the exhibition committee plan on carrying out. With the new technology advancement they would have to destroy parts of nature to accomplish this goal. But as well, the committee has to acknowledge the concerns about environmental issue, technological and cultural concerns about local and global development.

The advancement technology that Japan has in store for the future way of living is unbelievable. The advancement technology includes transportation, top notch facility to make the environment a cleaner place and for future plans on how to live a sufficient life without much pollution.

“The new transportation system install would be a big improvement for the residents to travel from place to another. Some new installment includes the Multimode Transportation System (IMTS) vehicle, the fuel cell hybrid bus (FCHV), and the Linimo. With the Multimode Transportation System (IMTS), it is an independent operation system like a normal bus, high speed, the capacity of passenger is 50 and its convenience of not having to transfer multiple vehicles. Has a glass structure cabin giving it a panoramic field of vision and is field with clean compresses natural gas. The fuel cell hybrid bus (FCHV) runs on motors powered high-pressure hydrogen supplied fuel cells and a nickel metal hydride secondary battery. The beauty of this hybrid bus is that it’s highly energy efficient and it doesn’t emit carbon dioxide which is unsafe for the ozone layer not like gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles. The hybrid bus has a high running efficiency rate by recovering energy during deceleration and it also can adjust to the running conditions. The bonus to this fuel cell hybrid bus is that it runs smoothly and very quiet so it would not disturb the resident from unwanted noises. For the Linimo

vehicle it’s based on railway and shuttle buses that have the conveniences of that transport visitors from the parking areas to the exhibition sites.”

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With regards to the environmental issue that concerns the resident which harms the environment and for the people in the surrounding areas are solved with Japan’s latest advancement technology that reduces the amount of pollution and building an eco-community. The main focus of the development of these facilities is to implement the three “R’s” (reduce, reuse, and recycle). By having separation of garbage on site grounds is a first step to a cleaner environment providing that the citizens participate in the process.

Some of Japan’s advancement technology facility and life style of the future that were introduced to the citizens are the New Energy Power Generation Plant, Solar Power System Energy, Wind power Energy, and Biodegradable Plastic Utensils.

The new energy power generation plant can produce and generate 2180KW and heat. The components of the plant are composed of fuel cells, solar panels, and a battery. The main purpose of this plant is to allow the people to have an opportunity to think about the future and how society is facing with global problems such as ecology and

poverty. The impact could be felt immediately because more than 120 foreign governments and international organization have already decided to participate in the exposition. For that reason, Japan’s advancement in technology has created a buzz all around the world will its fascinating technology. This environmentally friendly plant is expected to be used frequently for our future society.

At the exposition site a solar panel system has been installed to convert energy to electricity to supply it to Japan’s pavilion. With this particular type of solar panel, there are three types, going according to the differences in generation structure. As shown on the table below:

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With the three types of conversion of energy it comes with its pros and cons. Some generates more power than the other and some has higher conversion efficiency. The amount of electricity converted is only partially because as the process goes go alone in producing electricity it is lost through equipment and other factors such as reception of light and on certain day it is cloudy.

Wind power energy is another source to be very sufficient to society because it is a source of renewable energy. You can constantly generate electricity without the fear of losing any valuable resources, as if it was coal or natural gas. A wind power generator that looks like a mill can generate enough electricity for a pavilion to use. The best part is that it uses one of the three “R’s”, reduce; in which reducing the carbon dioxide emissions to zero.

Japan’s mind went beyond its expectation because now Japan has biodegradable plastic utensils. This is such a great idea for the reason being is that now at food courts people don’t have to worry about throwing away plastic forks, knives, spoons anymore which are hazards to the environment. The plastic utensils are durable because it is made from fossil fuel and very inexpensive to produce in bulks. But as for the biodegradable plastic utensil you can constantly reuse, but the disadvantages is that they are less heat resistant, inferior in molding precision and much more expensive.

One major positive factor that helps Japan and Nagoya is the opening of the Central Nagoya Airport or Chubu in Japanese, the new airport is built on man made island. The airport is to bring business to the economy not just by domestic but by internationally as well. It also opens up Nagoya for tourist to come in, since it is made international and a source of income for the government. It was a best fit to construct the Chubu airport right located in a rich industrial heartland of Japan. Nagoya, one of the few

regions outside of Tokyo, where business and economic growth is rising steady not like many other places that seems to be stagnant or declining. Nagoya and Japan are benefiting from the Chubu airport because Toyota is planning on moving one of their headquarters from Tokyo to Nagoya. Thus, increasing and bringing more business to Nagoya.

With any major event that is held domestically or internationally it comes with its pros and cons. But definitely the 2005 Aichi Expo helped out Japan and Nagoya in the long run and it has boosted its confidence on their advancement of technology. Japan will continue to dominate and play a huge role leading the economy and globally in their advancement of technology. As we speak Japan is developing human like robots that can do our everyday chores. Such as, floor cleaning robots, garbage collecting garbage, security robots, guide robots, child-care robots, and next generation wheel chair robots. This is just a recipe for disaster, creating human like robots for the reason being that this will make children and adults lazy, eventually leading to unhealthy diets which then lead to obesities. None the less, Japan’s advance technology will catch on around the world and thus making Japan a powerhouse in their field of expertise. Japan and Nagoya is carrying out the theme “Nature Wisdom”, keeping it a sustain environment.

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