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Aichi USA 2005: U.S. Pavilion DesignBenjamin Franklin will add a jolt of electricity to the world's fair next year in Aichi, Japan.
Organizers of the U.S. Pavilion are incorporating the Founding Father into their effort on the world stage in hopes of boosting the United States' image abroad and reversing declining interest in the global event.
Aichi USA 2005, the Washington-based organization developing and operating the U.S. Pavilion, began soliciting private sponsors earlier this year and has raised the initial $20 million necessary to build the pavilion.
The 2005 World Exposition, with the theme "Nature's Wisdom," will host an estimated 15 million visitors from March to September in central Japan, southwest of Tokyo. The United States, which is one of 125 participating countries, expects at least 1 million visitors at its 17,000-square-foot pavilion -about 10,000 each day.
In the past, world fairs have featured the most innovative art, inventions and technologies, including the telephone in 1876 and the Eiffel Tower in 1889.
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