This move builds on a 2007 ordinance that established smoke-free zones in six designated areas, including popular tourist ...

There are five tours on offer, exploring hotspots and hidden gems, the fish market, or the “Deep Osaka” street food tour, ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

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.

A 57-yeara-old man who had been arrested on Nov. 5 on suspicion of assault died the same night after temporary restraint at a police station here, Osaka Prefectural Police announced the following day.

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