Nearly 160 countries and regions participated in the Osaka Expo, with each bringing staff from overseas to help run their respective pavilions over the course of the six-month event. The Japan Times spoke with four staff members from countries around the world in order to get their unique perspectives on the event and how it will impact them going forward. For Ilina, the expo was an experience filled with mixed emotions. On one end of the spectrum there was the joy she experienced in witnessing