The city of Osaka will introduce a city-wide street smoking ban on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of the World Expo scheduled to kick ...

OSAKA—The Osaka municipal government will start to ban smoking on all public streeets across the city on Jan. 27 next year, ...

OSAKA--Researchers have unearthed human bones from more than 1,500 people at a former cemetery that is part of a large-scale redevelopment plan near JR Osaka Station. Osaka City’s board of ...

the area around Osaka JR Station; and Minami ("south"), comprising the heart of the city centered around Namba and including the Shinsaibashi shopping areas, America-Mura and Dotombori.

Thankfully, Osaka has an excellent subway/train transportation system that covers the city very well. Therefore, staying somewhere central and conveniently located by a major train station is going to ...

The gleaming Umeda Sky Building dominates this energetic hub. You can reach it easily from Osaka Station City through an underground passage. There are plenty of stores and restaurants within easy ...

OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police launched a manhunt after a woman was stabbed to death in an apartment in Osaka City on ...

A new location of Osaka Japanese Restaurant has opened at Great Acres near Masterson Station off Leestown Road. The restaurant features sushi as well as other traditional dishes. Tashandra ...

From strawberry-topped Christmas cakes to eating KFC and Christmas cake, illuminations are one way that Japan celebrates ...

Osaka Prefectural Police's Fukushima Police Station is seen in Osaka's Fukushima ... (Japanese original by Atsuko Nakata, Osaka City News Department) ...

including the vicinity of JR Osaka Station and the busy Ebisubashi- and Shinsaibashi-suji tourist destinations, smoke free. The city imposes a 1,000-yen (about $6.50) fine for violations.