This 1937 international expo in central Japan featured pavilions from participating nations and colonies including Peru, each promoting its products and culture. It closed just two months before the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted. Which exposition was it?

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Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition. The Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition was held from March to May 1937 as Japan's showcase of Pacific-rim ties. Its 'peace' framing was undercut only weeks later when Japanese forces sparked a full war with China in July 1937.