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JR West is set to revise its fare system to a uniform distance-based pricing model by next spring, potentially leading to higher fares on routes such as the Osaka Loop Line.

Typhoon No. 7 forced residents to evacuate their homes, caused power outages over a wide area and led to at least one serious injury after making landfall on Aug. 15.

OSAKA--Ground Self-Defense Force members removed an unexploded U.S. bomb likely dropped during World War II from the site of a future university campus here on Nov. 6.

All aboard Japan’s new Super Mario Nintendo World train Feb. 3 05:33 am JST Feb. 3 | 07:02 am JST By Casey Baseel, SoraNews24 Super Mario’s adventures take him to a lot of fantastic realms, and he’s ridden all sorts of conveyances through them, from hyper-speed go-karts to saddled dinosaurs. But when getting around real-world Japan, the best option is the train, so that’s how the Nintendo mascot is getting around Osaka these days. On Jan 27, West Japan Railway Com...