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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Expensive toilets cause a stink at Japan’s world expo

The site of the World Expo
The 2025 World Expo in Japan has been beset by problems including expensive toilets and construction delays Photograph: Richard A Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

Visitors to next year’s world exposition in Japan could find themselves spending a penny in toilets that cost more than £1m to build, with recent construction estimates for restrooms sparking a row over the event’s spiralling costs.

Japanese media reported this week that some of the 40-plus bathrooms being built at the site in Osaka, a port city in the west of the country, will cost as much as ¥200m (£1.05m).

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