An anonymous donation of $3.6 million worth of gold highlights frustration with Osaka’s aging waterworks. It will only ...
Seek out the local versions of okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and more Japanese specialties in one of the country's culinary capitals ...
Deciding between Tokyo and Osaka when relocating to Japan with children isn’t necessarily a matter of selecting the larger or glitzier city. Both cities present amazing possibilities for families, but ...
While most tourists flock to Tokyo, Osaka, the country's third-largest city, offers its own unique blend of modern urban life with contemporary architecture and rich historical heritage. Now, the city ...
A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg (46lb) in gold bars. The gold bars, worth an estimated 560 million yen ($3.6m; £2.7m), were given last November ...
OSAKA—The Osaka municipal government will start to ban smoking on all public streeets across the city on Jan. 27 next year, Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama said Nov. 12. Yokoyama announced the starting date ...
OSAKA--Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui expressed his intention to resign from politics after his pet project to reorganize Osaka city into a metropolis like Tokyo was narrowly voted down in a second ...