Expo 2025 Osaka
Bracco Gold Sponsor
of Pavilion Italy
at Osaka Expo 2025
Discover the Itō Mancho cultural project
The flagship of Bracco’s participation in the Osaka Expo
The Bracco Group brings to Osaka the portrait of the young Japanese Itō Mancho painted by Domenico Tintoretto in 1585 and kept in the Trivulzio Foundation Collection in Milan. The painting guides the visitor experience of Padiglione Italia throughout the six months of the exhibition. The figure of Itō Mancho, head of the first Japanese diplomatic mission sent to Renaissance Europe, is of great symbolic importance in the cultural relations between Italy and Japan.
The work is accompanied by a video narrative that explores the detailed non-invasive scientific campaign of diagnostic investigations promoted by the Bracco Foundation and curated by a team of researchers from universities and realities of excellence, including the CDI - Centro Diagnostico Italiano. Art and science have always been a winning combination, and for years we have made the Group's expertise in diagnostic imaging available for the analysis and restoration of Italy's cultural heritage.
The portrait of Itō Mancho
between art, culture and science
Milestones
of Bracco at Osaka
25.02.2025
Bracco Official Gold Sponsor of the Italy Pavilion at the Osaka Expo 2025
The Commissioner General for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka, Ambassador Mario Vattani, and Diana Bracco, President and CEO of the Bracco Group, have signed a partnership agreement under which the pharmaceutical group will be the Official Gold Sponsor of the Italy Pavilion in Japan.
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13.04.2025
EXPO 2025 OSAKA opens its doors to the world
Expo 2025 in Osaka kicks off. Bracco, which has an important direct presence in Japan and is Gold Sponsor of Padiglione Italia, is in the front line together with the best of Made in Italy. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, in the presence of Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Fulvio Renoldi Bracco, CEO of Bracco Imaging was also present.
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16.04.2025
Presentation of the portrait “Itō Mancho” by Domenico Tintoretto
A scientific conference in the presence of Ambassador Vattani in which the non-invasive diagnostic analysis on Domenico Tintoretto's ‘Portrait of Itō Mancho’ of 1585, was illustrated. An amazing journey inside the painting: thanks to science we can penetrate the hidden layers of the work, lifting the veils of time and thus discovering the mysteries of art.
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04.05.2025
The exhibition for women empowerment in sport at the event sponsored by CONI and MAECI
The exhibition "A Life for Sport. Faces and Achievements of 100 Women Experts," conceived and produced by Fondazione Bracco to encourage gender equality in the sports sector, was presented as a best practice at the meeting "Sport that leaves its mark: the future of the territories," organized by CONI and MAECI's Sports Diplomacy Office in collaboration with the Italian Paralympic Committee and the Milan Cortina 2026 Foundation.
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24-26.06.2025
Bracco Group takes centre stage at Health and Well-being Week at Expo Osaka
Bracco Group and its healthcare services division, Centro Diagnostico Italiano, are at the forefront of numerous initiatives during Health Week at the Universal Exposition in Japan. First and foremost, they are serving as strategic partners of AGEVITY JAPAN, the forum on health, sustainability, and longevity organized by Assolombarda and the Silver Economy Network. They have then participated in two workshops on health technologies organized by the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) to be held in Osaka and at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo. Bracco Group has also hosted an event to introduce Bracco Japan to the healthcare community.
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12.09.2025
Bracco leads the way in Japan at the Italian National Day at the Osaka Expo
Bracco Group the excellence of Italian dance to the international stage with the young dancers of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, of which Fondazione Bracco is a founding member. Their unforgettable performance captivated the global audience with contemporary choreography set to music by Rossini and Nino Rota.
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14.09.2025
Italy and Japan in dialogue: art, science and the challenges of longevity
At the Italian Embassy in Tokyo, a discussion between art and science as tools for improving quality of life, through two initiatives: the event Dialogue between Japan and Italy on Science, Culture and Longevity and the photographic exhibition Milan through the eyes of Leonardo da Vinci by the Bracco Foundation.
12.10.2025
Innovation and Sustainability in Radiology: Bracco's commitment at EXPO Osaka
During the week dedicated to "SDGs + Beyond Future Society for Life" at EXPO 2025 in Osaka, the Bracco Group, Gold Sponsor of the Italian Pavilion, promoted an event titled "Building Sustainable Radiology - Experiences and Innovations from Japan and Europe", where European and Japanese radiologists and experts share practical experience and innovative ideas on how to improve the eco-sustainability of radiology.
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13.10.2025
The Italian Pavilion at Expo 2025: a success beyond expectations
The Osaka Expo has just ended, but the story of the Italian Pavilion continues. Among the 158 participating countries, Italy is the only one to continue its exhibition presence in Japan.
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