Merchandise sales for Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot character of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, will continue through next March, after the end of the event Monday. The sales period has been extended by over five months thanks to an unexpected surge in the popularity of Myaku-Myaku, which attracted a flood of negative responses when its design was shown to the public for the first time. Myaku-Myaku is said to be an unidentified creature born through the fusion of cells and water in a