A total of 16 foreign hotel brands opened in Kansai in 2024, including new properties and rebrands -- the most ever for a single year, according to Osaka-based think tank Asia Pacific Institute of ...

A memorial will be held here March 13 to mark 80 years since the first major air raid on this city in the last stages of ...

Police have arrested five individuals and referred eight others to prosecutors for an alleged scheme to lend legitimate ...

Osaka Gas , Japan's second-largest city gas provider, said its domestic thermal power generation capacity will reach 3.2 ...

Police on Tuesday arrested fortuneteller Toshie Hamada, 62, and accomplice Naori Takitani, 59, for instigating Kohei Teramoto ...

An unemployed man who lives in Hirano Ward in the city of Osaka allegedly abandoned the child's body in the city of Yao, ...

2025 is shaping up to be Osaka’s year. The arrival of the Expo will ensure the eyes of the world are on the city and we’re more than ready for our close-up. From the neighbourhoods that are ...

Osaka isn’t just a city of towering skyscrapers and sumptuous street food. Instead, it’s a playground for travellers who know ...

With just one month to go until the World Exposition in Osaka opens, predictions of a nearly 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) ...

OSAKA -- Hotels in Osaka are more affordable than in Tokyo, in part because there are fewer international names in western ...

Operated by Osaka University, this four-storey public library in the city of Minoh holds a collection of more than 700,000 ...