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OSAKA -- An Osaka-based company has launched a free cafeteria for foreign nationals facing economic hardships amid the coronavirus pandemic, set to op

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailands leading hotel operator, has confirmed a July 2023 opening date for Centara Grand Hotel Osaka.

Police in Osaka have arrested a 39-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing a 22-year-old woman at his apartment. According to police, the suspect, Masayuki Nakada, turned himself in at a police station at around 8:25 p.m. on Saturday and said he had killed someone&#x...

OSAKA--The landmark Tsutenkaku Tower already boasts stunning views of this city from its observation deck.

Municipalities are rushing preparations to give boosters after community-acquired infections of the omicron variant of the coronavirus were confirmed in the prefectures of Kyoto and Osaka.

OKAYAMA -- Craftspeople at a teddy bear maker in this west Japan city have been making some 3,000 newborn life-size memorial stuffed bears annually. T

Senior Vice Defense Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, center, and Osaka Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura check out the Osaka International Convention Center in Osaka on May 3. (Yoshiaki Arai) The cavernous Osaka International Convention Center will serve as a venue for mass vaccinations late this month as Osaka Prefecture struggles to contain a steep surge in COVID-19 cases, the government said May 3. The building in Osaka’s Kita Ward is so vast it is dubbed Grand Cube Osaka. Elderly residents from Osak...

Video arcades in Japan face extinction as console sales hit record high amid pandemic February 28, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) This photo shows the interior of Kasuga Amusement Arcade in Osakas Naniwa Ward on Jan. 20, 2021. In the foreground is "Gator Panic," a game similar to "Whac-a-Mole." (Mainichi/Hitoshi Sonobe) OSAKA -- Video arcades in Japan are facing extinction amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, while console sales have reached a record high. As of 2019, the number of gaming arcade...