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252,510 (2019)weblink}}}}Japan Expo is a convention on Japanese popular culture – the largest of its kind in the world – taking place in Paris, France, although it has branched out into a partnership festival – Kultima – and expanded to include some European and US pop culture as well. It is held yearly at the beginning of July for four days (usually from Thursday to Sunday) in the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center (the second-largest convention center in France). The attendance has increased steadily over the years, with 2,400 visitors welcomed in the first edition in 1999 and more than 252,510 for the 2019 edition.As with the Olympic Games and many other mass gatherings, the 2020 edition was canceled because of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

History

File:MCZ Japan Expo 12.jpg|thumb|left|Momoiro Clover Z performed at Japan Expo 2012. The group is ranked as number one among female idol groups according to 2013–2017 surveys.WEB,weblink ももクロ、初のAKB超え タレントパワーランキング, (Nihon Keizai Shimbun]], 24 June 2013, 26 July 2013, ja, JOURNAL, 2013-05-04, Nikkei Entertainment, ja:タレントパワーランキング トップ100, June, 2013, 48–49, Nikkei BP, ja, JOURNAL, 2014-05-02, ja:タレントパワーランキング トップ100, Nikkei Entertainment, June, 2014, Nikkei BP, ja, JOURNAL, 2015-05-02, ja:タレントパワーランキング トップ100, Nikkei Entertainment, June, 2015, Nikkei BP, ja, JOURNAL, 2016-05-04, ja:タレントパワーランキング トップ100, Nikkei Entertainment, June, 2016, Nikkei BP, ja, JOURNAL, 2017-05-04, ja:タレントパワーランキング トップ100, Nikkei Entertainment, June, 2017, Nikkei BP, ja, )The first exposition took place in 1999 at the ISC Paris Business School and welcomed 2,400 visitors, a number which has grown steadily. In 2002, Japan Expo was hosted at the Center of New Industries and Technologies (CNIT) in La Défense, Paris.In 2005, the event was canceled out of security concerns due to the large number of visitors. The exposition has since moved to the larger Exhibition Centre in Paris-Nord Villepinte.In 2020, the event was postponed to 2021 due to concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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! scope="col" | Dates ! scope="col" | Venue! scope="col" | Attendance! scope="col" | Guests| 1999Institut supérieur du commerce de Paris>ISC Paris Business School| 2,400| June 24–25, 2000École Pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées>EPITA| December 8–10, 2000| Espace Champerretdate=September 2023 fix-attempted=yes }}| June 29 – July 1, 2001| Espace AusterlitzDATE= 5 NOVEMBER 2019, | July 5–7, 2002Centre of New Industries and Technologies>CNITHTTPS://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO-PARIS.COM/EN/MENU/HISTORY_100541/INFO/THE-HISTORY-OF-JAPAN-EXPO_474.HTM > TITLE = HISTORY OF GUESTS – JAPAN EXPO PARIS, Japan Expo, DATE= 7 NOVEMBER 2019, Tsutomu NiheiHTTP://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO.COM/INDEX.PHP?PAGE=109&LNG=EN PUBLISHER = JAPAN EXPO, 2008-08-22, | July 5–6, 2003Centre of New Industries and Technologies>CNITDATE= 13 NOVEMBER 2019, PUBLISHER = ANIMECONS.COM, 2008-08-22, | July 2–4, 2004Centre of New Industries and Technologies>CNITDATE= 19 NOVEMBER 2019, Masakazu Katsura, Mana (Japanese musician)>Mana, Andy Seto, Hiroshi Watari, and Kanemori YoshinoriHTTP://WWW.ANIMECONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO.SHTML/543 > TITLE = JAPAN EXPO 2004 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE = 2008-08-22, | July 1–3, 2005 Convention canceled| July 7–9, 2006Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 21 NOVEMBER 2019, Morishige, Hideki Owada, Aki Shimizu, Mamiya Takizaki, Kazuhide Tomonaga, Takaharu Okuma, Plastic Tree and Anna TsuchiyaHTTP://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO.COM/EN/MENU_INFO/JAPAN-EXPO-7-2006_77.HTM PUBLISHER = JAPAN-EXPO.COM URL-STATUS = DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE = 2011-07-13, HTTP://WWW.ANIMECONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO.SHTML/1050 > TITLE = JAPAN EXPO 2006 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE = 2008-08-22, | July 6–8, 2007Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 25 NOVEMBER 2019, Dio – Distraught Overlord, GARI, Halcali, Keiko Ichiguchi, Sachiko Kamimura, Masachika Kawata, Minae Matsukawa, Ichirou Mizuki, Junko Mizuno, Olivia Lufkin, Moon Kana, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Takei, Hironobu Takeshita, Syuji Takeya, Nana Kitade and Yoshiki (musician)>YoshikiHTTP://WWW.ANIMECONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO.SHTML/1318 > TITLE = JAPAN EXPO 2007 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE = 2008-08-22, | July 3–6, 2008Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 2 DECEMBER 2019, Yutaka Izubuchi, Junko Kawakami, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Kazuo Koike, Setona Mizushiro, Go Nagai, Takeshi Obata, Oh! great, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Scandal (Japanese band)>Scandal, (Rain (Japanese band)Pata (musician)>Pata and Michiaki onlyWEB, Ra:IN interview after Japan Expo, jame-world.com,weblink 2012-05-16, ), Munehisa Sakai, Chihiro Tamaki, Tetsuya Tsutsui, and MiyaviWEB,weblink Festival's Guests 2008, Japan Expo, 2008-08-22, | July 2–5, 2009Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 6 DECEMBER 2019, Clamp (manga artists)>CLAMP, AKB48, Shinichirō Watanabe, Moriyasu Taniguchi, Mizuho Nishikubo, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Shiori Furukawa, Akemi Takada, Natsuki Takaya, Sakae Esuno, Daisuke Nishijima, Dai Satō, Hitoshi Ichimura, Tetsuya Nishio, Junko Takeuchi, Takami Akai, Akemi Hayashi, Kazuya Hatazawa, Showtaro Morikubo, Hikari Yamaguchi, Yuuichiro Hirata, Shintaro Akiyama, Ryousuke Katoh, Kanon Wakeshima, Benjamin (Zhang Lin), Ji Di (Zu Ya-Le), Aurore, Benjamin Reiss, Ludo Lullabi, School Food Punishment, (Rain (Japanese band) PUBLISHER = JAPAN EXPO, 2009-07-22, | July 1–4, 2010Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 13 DECEMBER 2019, Tsukasa Hojo, Noriyuki Iwadare, Morning Musume, An Nakahara, Masakazu Katsura, Hiro Mashima, Seikima-II, HITT & Guests, Jun Mochizuki, Suika, die!!die!!color!!!, Kazue Kato, Anipunk, Aya Kanno, Mari Natsuki>Gibier du Mari, Yukari Tamura, X Japan (Toshi (musician) and Yoshiki (musician)>Yoshiki only), Vivid (band)HTTP://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO.COM/EN/INVITE/ PUBLISHER = JAPAN-EXPO.COM URL-STATUS = DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE = 2010-05-27, | June 30 – July 3, 2011Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 14 DECEMBER 2019, Hangry & Angry, Dream Morning Musume (Yoshizawa and Ishikawa), DJ Shiru's K-ble Jungle Akira Yamaoka, Nobuteru Yūki, Yumiko Igarashi, H. Naoto, Passpo>PASSPO☆, Head Phones President (with Anza Ohyama)| July 5–8, 2012Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 16 DECEMBER 2019, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Moto Hagio, Natsumi Aida, Mariya Nishiuchi, Hideo Baba, Katsuhiro Harada, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Masao Maruyama, Kamui, Sakizo, Triple Tails.S (Kana (wrestler)>Kana and Mio Shirai), Satsuki (musician), Shiitake, Salagir, Jérôme Morel, Gogeta Jr., Marlène, Ibi, Furo and Mimi, Berrizo, Monsieur To, TroyB, Tetsuya Tsutsui, Professor Sakamoto, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Toshio Maeda, Ein Lee, Tetsuya Saruwatari, Anli Pollicino, Man With A Mission, Daizystripper, Makoto Shinkai, N0isY☆KidS, Rei Toma, Kohei Tanaka (composer)>Kohei Tanaka, Junko Iwao, Virgo a.k.a. Hammer, Hemenway, Momoiro Clover Z, Idoling!!!, Keiji Inafune, Flow (Japanese band), Naoki Urasawa,HTTP://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO.COM/EN/INVITE/ PUBLISHER = JAPAN-EXPO.COM URL-STATUS = DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE = 2010-05-27, Top 16 French (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty) players From (2012 StarCraft II World Championship SeriesDATE=JULY 12, 2012BATTLE.NET>ACCESS-DATE=SEP 10, 2016, | July 4–7, 2013Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 17 DECEMBER 2019, Tetsuo Hara, Masahiro Ikeno, Atsuhiro Iwakami, Shōji Kawamori, Kim Byung Jin, Keito Kōme, Toshiyuki Kubooka, Tomonori Ochikoshi, Aya Oda, Mamiya Takizaki, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Aki Akana, angela (band)>angela, Cute (Japanese idol group), Dear Loving, Deathgaze, Dempagumi.inc, J☆Dee’Z, Kao=S, Anam Kawashima, Kylee, May'n, Maywa Denki, Nightmare (Japanese band)>Nightmare, Ninjaman Japan, Sansanar, Urbangarde, Tsubasa Masuwaka, Una, Hideo Baba, Katsuhiro Harada, Shinji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Kitase, Hisashi Koinuma, Tetsuya Nomura, Motomu Toriyama, Naoki Yoshida, Samantha Bailly, Jérôme Hamon, Shiitake, Ray Fujita, Laure Kié, Kikutaro, Katsuyuki Konishi, Natsuna, Kazma Sakamoto, Daisuke Sekimoto, Hiromu Takahashi, Junko TakeuchiFR > URL=HTTP://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO.COM/FR/MENU_INFO/JAPAN-EXPO-14-2013_435.HTM PUBLISHER=JAPAN-EXPO.COM URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=2013-10-28, | July 2–6, 2014Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 19 DECEMBER 2019, Cute (Japanese idol group)>°C-ute, Nogizaka46, Kalafina, Wagakki Band, Shoko Nakagawa, Kamui Fujiwara, Yoshiki, Tatsurō Iwamoto| July 2–5, 2015Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 23 DECEMBER 2019, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Pink Babies,HTTPS://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO-PARIS.COM/EN/PROGRAMME/PINK-BABIES---SIGNINGS_936.HTM PUBLISHER=JAPAN EXPO ACCESS-DATE=2020-03-15, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, K-ble Jungle| July 7–10, 2016Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterJunichi Masuda, Hiro Mashima, Hironobu Kageyama, Psycho le Cému, Man with a Mission| July 6–9, 2017Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 26 DECEMBER 2019, | Kenji Kamiyama, Yoshiki Sakurai| July 5–8, 2018Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CenterDATE= 30 DECEMBER 2019, Buichi Terasawa, Shinichiro Watanabe, Nobuyoshi Habara, Atsushi Ohkubo, Daimaou Kosaka, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Imitoshi Yamane, Crystal Lake (band)>Crystal Lake| July 4–7, 2019Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center| 252,510Leiji Matsumoto, Go Nagai, Akito Osuga, Ryosuke Sakamoto, Yoko Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Dadaroma, Twin Cosplay, Tony Valente (artist)>Tony ValenteHTTPS://FANCONS.COM/EVENTS/INFO/12853/JAPAN-EXPO-2019 > TITLE = JAPAN EXPO 2019 INFORMATION ACCESS-DATE = 2019-06-17, | July 2–5, 2020 Convention postponed to 2022HTTPS://WWW.CALAMEO.COM/BOOKS/00336104991E0926E176A > TITLE = 21E IMPACT DU 14 AU 17 JUILLET 2022 LE BILAN EN CHIFFRES JAPAN-EXPO-PARIS.COM, Japan Expo, PUBLISHER = JAPAN EXPO, Parc des Expositions de Villepinte>Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center PUBLISHER = JAPAN EXPO, Yūsuke Kozaki, True, Tsukasa HojoHTTPS://WWW.JAPAN-EXPO-PARIS.COM/EN/INVITESPUBLISHER=JAPAN EXPOARCHIVE-DATE=2022-06-10URL-STATUS=DEAD, ||July 13-16,2023WEB, Welcome - Japan Expo Paris,weblink 2023-06-28, www.japan-expo-paris.com, |Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition CentrePUBLISHER = JAPAN EXPO, |Tsukasa Hojo, Yuzu Natsumi, Vickeblanka, Noriko Tadano, Batten Girls, Sakurazaka46|File:°C-ute at Japan Expo 2014.jpg|thumb|right|°C-ute at Japan Expo 2014]]

Japan Expo in other cities

Other than the main convention in Paris, Japan Expo has expanded to 4 cities in 3 countries on 2 continents:

• {{flag|France}}
  • Japan Expo Centre in Orléans
  • Japan Expo Sud in Marseille
  • Chibi Japan Expo in Montreuil
• {{flag|Belgium}}
  • Japan Expo Belgium in Brussels
• {{flag|US}}
  • Japan Expo USA in Santa Clara, California

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Japan Expo}}

• {{Official websiteweblink|Japan Expo official website}}
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071201023022weblink">Chibi Japan Expo – Smaller version in November

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