
ArmInfo. In the Armenian pavilion called Pillars of Today and Tomorrow, four pillars symbolize 'Today's Armenia: history, culture, innovation and regional opportunities'. This was stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking at an event dedicated to the National Day of Armenia, within the framework of the World Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
'The other four pillars, symbolizing the future of Armenia, represent the philosophy of technological, innovative education, the vision of the future of teaching and education in Armenia, in the context of which the Armenian educational initiatives oriented towards the future are presented: Tumo, COAF, Armath, as well as new projects of Armenia: Academic City, Engineering City, he said.
Pashinyan recalled that on June 1 of this year, the Gunma branch of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies was officially opened in Japan, which will be available to 1,500 young people living in the prefecture's communities. Tumo's unique educational model will include training in programming, animation, filmmaking, game creation, 3D modeling, drawing and animation graphics.
Participation in this major economic event held in Osaka provides a unique opportunity not only for the Japanese people, but also for the entire world to present the economic, cultural, technological, educational and tourist attractiveness of Armenia, opening up new prospects for further development and deepening of cooperation in these areas. The pavilion also pays special attention to the vision of peace in Armenia - the implementation of the "Crossroads of Peace", which we consider as a situation when countries live with open borders, are connected by active economic, political and cultural ties and strive to resolve all issues through diplomacy and dialogue," the RA Prime Minister said.
Back in early September, the RA Ministry of Economy reported that the Armenian pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka World Exhibition had already been visited by about 1 million people. The Armenian pavilion is divided into several sectors: the first sector introduces visitors to the model of modern education in our country, within the framework of which the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Armath engineering laboratories, COAF technologies and a number of other educational programs of interest to the Japanese public are presented. The next sector is high technology, including the IT sector and high-tech industry. The third direction is tourism and the last sector is food and wine.
According to the RA Statistical Committee, the foreign trade turnover between Armenia and Japan in January-June 2025 was amounted to $64.3 million, with an annual growth of 18.2%. At the same time, exports increased 2.7 times to $10.3 million, against the backdrop of import growth by 6.7% to $54 million. During the first half of the year, 1,081 tourists from Japan visited Armenia, which is 37.7% higher than the figure for the previous year.