We have 121 countries (including JAPAN) and 4 international organizations including UN (UN includes UN Head quarter and 33 UN Organizations). Welcome to the EXPO 2005 !

What is GLOBAL COMMON?

There are 6 areas that make up GLOBAL COMMON. The COMMONS are connected by a barrier-free walkway called the GLOBAL LOOP. Visitors can enjoy tours to the pavilions all around the world in about one hour. Please check your favorite pavilion by the chart below!

NATIONAL DAY & SPECIAL DAY

Traditionally, many countries and international organizations participating in the World Exposition hold a NATIONAL DAY (for countries) or a SPECIAL DAY (for international organizations and others) event to celebrate their participation. Many countries and international organizations have already announced their NATIONAL DAY/SPECIAL DAY. We expect very special events on those days at the EXPO Dome, the EXPO Hall or other places in the EXPO site. Please check the date by the chart below!

AICHI HOSPITALITY

This is International Exchange Program between Official Participants and Host Region Municipalities to welcoming people form official participating country and International Organization to Aichi by the grass roots level and beyond.

July 2005

Countries (Alphabetical order) Receipt of Announcement for Participation Location (Common) National Day Aichi Hospitality Partner Angola 2003/ 3/17 5 September 6 Haruhi Town Argentina 2003/ 1/ 8 2 July 11 Okazaki City Armenia 2003/ 6/17 4 June 7 Tsukude Village Australia 2003/ 7/16 6 April 21 Anjo City (Japanese only) Obu City Austria 2003/ 5/14 4 April 27 Kozakai Town Azerbaijan 2003/ 4/14 4 May 17 Shippo Town Bangladesh 2004/ 4/18 1 June 9 Nissin City Belgium 2003/ 1/23 4 June 14 Nagakute Town Belize 2003/ 2/21 2 August 19 (SICA) Miyoshi Town (Japanese only) Benin 2001/10/11 5 September 21 Ichinomiya Town Bhutan 2001/ 6/20 1 June 2 Handa City Bolivia 2001/ 5/11 2 August 5 Toei Town Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003/ 6/ 9 3   Ichinomiya City Brunei Darussalam 2003/ 7/19 6 May 18 Takahama City (Japanese Only) Bulgaria 2002/10/28 4 May 13 Toyoake City Burkina Faso 2003/ 6/19 5 June 16 Konan City Burundi 2001/12/21 5 September 12 Isshiki Town (Japanese Only) Cambodia 2002/10/ 9 6 May 10 Kota Town (Japanese Only) Cameroon 2001/12/26 5 June 21 Tsushima City Canada 2001/ 5/ 2 2 April 5 Kasugai City (English) (Portuguise) (Chinese) (Filipino) Kariya City Chad 2001/ 8/29 5 June 8 Aisai City China 2002/ 8/28 1 May 19 Toyohashi City Congo 2003/ 4/ 7 5 September 14 Seto City Costa Rica 2003/ 3/31 2 August 19 (SICA) Tsugu Village (Japanese only) Cote d'Ivoire 2002/ 7/ 5 5 August 3 Anjo City (Japanese only) Croatia 2003/ 5/27 3 April 12 Hekinan City Cuba 2002/ 5/ 9 2 July 26 Iwakura City Czech Republic 2002/ 1/ 4 4 June 24 Otowa Town Democratic Republic of Congo 2003/ 2/ 4 5 May 31 Obu City Denmark 2003/ 6/13 4 April 20 Anjo City (Japanese only) Djibouti 2002/12/26 5 June 28 Kariya City Dominican Republic 2003/ 2/ 6 2 May 25 Atsumi Town Ecuador 2003/ 6/30 2 August 10 Komaki City (Japanese only) Egypt 2003/ 1/14 5 July 22 Kira Town (Japanese only) El Salvador 2003/ 3/31 2 August 19 (SICA) Nishiharu Town Eritrea 2004/ 1/30 5 June 10 (W / Rwanda) Inuyama City Ethiopia 2003/ 3/ 3 5 May 16 Horai Town Fiji 2003/11/24 6 June 22 Taketoyo Town (Japanese only) Finland 2003/ 6/25 4 May 12 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) France 2002/ 3/27 3 April 14 Seto City Jushiyama Village Gabon 2003/ 3/ 7 5 July 12 Aisai City Georgia 2002/ 4/23 4 September 22 Kasugai City (English) (Portuguise) (Chinese) (Filipino) Germany 2002/ 9/20 3 April 13 Inuyama City Toyohashi City Ghana 2001/ 9/ 2 5 June 30 Ichinomiya Town Greece 2002/10/15 3 May 20 Inazawa City (Japanese only) Guatemala 2003/ 3/24 2 August 19 (SICA) Handa City Guinea 2001/10/19 5 August 26 Inazawa City (Japanese only) Honduras 2003/ 6/13 2 August 19 (SICA) Toyohashi City Iceland 2003/ 6/17 4 July 15 Chiryu City India 2001/12/10 1 July 20 Kariya City Indonesia 2002/ 8/ 6 6 August 17 Togo Town (Japanese only) Iran 2002/ 5/29 1 April 1 Jushiyama Village Ireland 2003/ 7/18 4 March 31 Kiyosu City (Japanese only) Italy 2003/ 5/21 3 April 28 Ichinomiya City Jordan 2002/11/27 3 July 5 Kasugai City (English) (Portuguise) (Chinese) (Filipino) Kazakhstan 2002/11/11 1 June 15 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Kenya 2002/ 4/15 5 August 18 Higashiura Town (Japanese only) Kiribati 2002/ 3/19 6 August 15 (W / Tuvalu) Ichinomiya Town Obu City Kyrgyzstan 2001/ 6/29 1 August 4 Tomiyama Village Lao People's Democratic Republic 2002/ 1/14 6 June 13 Tahara City Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2003/ 3/24 3 April 7 Tahara City Lithuania 2002/ 4/10 4 July 6 Toyohashi City Madagascar 2003/ 4/ 1 5 May 30 Nukata Town Malaysia 2003/ 6/ 9 6 August 31 Tokoname City Mali 2003/ 5/ 5 5 September 1 Jimokuji Town Marshall Islands 2003/ 8/29 6   Tobisihma Village (Japanese only) Mauritania 2001/ 8/22 5 July 14 Nishio City (Japanese only) Mexico 2002/11/ 6 2 September 15 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Micronesia 2003/11/27 6 August 22 Konan City Mongolia 2002/ 4/18 1 May 27 Kanie Town (Japanese only) Morocco 2003/ 4/ 4 3 July 1 Toyoyama Town (Japanese only) Nepal 2001/12/ 6 1 July 7 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Netherlands 2003/ 9/ 5 4 April 19 Yatomi City (Japanese only) New Zealand 2003/ 9/ 9 6 June 3 Ichinomiya City Nishio City (Japanese only) Nicaragua 2003/ 3/20 2 August 19(SICA) Oguchi Town (Japanese only) Nigeria 2003/ 4/10 5 August 23 Oguchi Town (Japanese only) Norway 2003/ 7/ 3 4 April 11 Inazawa City (Japanese only) Pakistan 2003/ 4/25 1 August 11 Tsushima City Palau 2003/ 7/29 6 July 8 Nissin City Panama 2003/ 6/13 2 August 19 (SICA) Aisai City Papua New Guinea 2003/ 3/28 6 September 16 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Peru 2003/ 3/28 2 July 28 Toyokawa City Philippines 2003/ 3/ 7 6 September 20 Toyokawa City Poland 2002/ 8/23 4 May 9 Gamagori City (Japanese only) Portuguese 2003/ 3/25 4 May 24 Oharu Town (Japanese only) Qatar 2003/ 3/23 1 September 2 Chita City Republic of Korea 2002/ 3/ 8 1 May 11 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Shikatsu Town Romania 2002/ 4/23 4 June 1 Minamichita Town Russian Federation 2002/ 5/28 4 June 17 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Rwanda 2002/10/23 5 June 10 (W / Eritrea) Kiyosu City (Japanese only) Samoa 2003/ 6/13 6 August 30 Shitara Town (Japanese only) Sao Tome and Principe 2003/ 6/11 5 July 21 Tokai City (Japanese only) Saudi Arabia 2001/ 8/ 8 1 September 9 Toyone Village (Japanese only) Senegal 2003/ 3/ 6 5 April 8 Fuso Town (Japanese only) Singapore 2001/10/13 6 August 9 Mihama Town (Japanese only) Solomon Islands 2003/ 9/15 6 July 13 Agui Town (Japanese only) South Africa 2003/ 8/13 5 April 26 Aisai City Spain 2001/ 5/24 3 July 25 Kiyosu City (Japanese only) Sri Lanka 2002/ 5/28 1 July 27 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Sudan 2003/10/12 5 August 16 Kasugai City (English) (Portuguise) (Chinese) (Filipino) Kariya City Sweden 2003/ 6/26 4 April 6 Okazaki City Switzerland 2001/12/19 4 April 15 Shinshiro City (Japanese only) Tajikistan 2003/ 4/ 7 1 September 13 Shikatsu Town Thailand 2003/ 3/10 6 August 12 Inazawa City (Japanese only) Tonga 2003/ 1/15 6 July 4 Owariasahi City Tunisia 2002/12/19 3 June 23 Seto City Turkey 2002/12/19 3 August 2 Tokai City (Japanese only) Tuvalu 2003/12/29 6 August 15 (W / Kiribati) Cita City Uganda 2001/ 5/24 5 September 7 Kiyosu City (Japanese only) Ukraine 2002/11/12 4 August 24 Hazu City (Japanese only) UK 2003/ 7/19 4 April 22 Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) United Republic of Tanzania 2002/ 2/19 5 May 26 Komaki City (Japanese only) USA 2003/11/18 2 June 20 Toyohashi City Toyota City (English) (Portugues) (Espanol) Anjo City Uzbekistan 2001/ 6/ 1 1 September 8 Ichinomiya City Vanuatu 2003/11/10 6 August 1 Gamagori City (Japanese only) Venezuela 2003/ 4/11 2 June 29 Toyohashi City Viet Nam 2002/ 9/16 6 September 5 Miwa Town Yemen 2002/ 5/ 6 1 May 23 Nishio City (Japanese only) Zambia 2003/10/28 5 July 19 Okazaki City Zimbabwe 2003/ 7/14 5 April 18 Mito Town

International Organizations

International Organization	Receipt of Announcement for Participation	Special Day
ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization)	2003/ 3/24
OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)	2004/ 3/16
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement	2004/ 9/ 7
United Nations United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) United Nations University (UNU) United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) International Court of Justice (ICJ) International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) International Trade Center (ITC) World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) International Labour Organization (ILO) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) World Health Organization (WHO) World Bank (WB) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) International Maritime Organization (IMO) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) World Trade Organization (WTO) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) WTO (World Tourism Organization)	2004/ 6/ 9	June 27