The Latest Breaking News from Osaka

OSAKA -- A Japanese man on Interpol's wanted list, suspected of having played a key role in scams swindling 65 people out of 390 million yen, has been apprehended in Ghana, according to investigative sources.

Egg-shaped objects light up in a kaleidoscope of colors at Nagai Botanical Garden in Osaka in a show conceived by Tokyo-based digital art group teamLab. The show launched Friday as a permanent nighttime exhibition and features 14 works, including the egg-shaped objects, which change color as they sense vibrations and…

As Japan reels from its largest-ever COVID-19 surge, Tokyo and Osaka prefectures are trying to ease pressure on clinics inundated with people seeking coronavirus testing and treatment.

The seventh wave of coronavirus infections, marked by record numbers of cases, is putting increasing strain on the health care system. Hospitals in some parts of the country are having to decline coronavirus-related emergency transfers due to a lack of dedicated beds. Affected municipalities are striving to ease the pressure…

OSAKA -- The countdown to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai has started as Monday marked 1,000 days to go before the exposition opens. Preparations have gotten into full swing, with participating countries and territories exceeding 90% of the target of 150.

It will also increase services to Japanese cities like Tokyo and Osaka

Mugs of beer are raised in a beer garden on the rooftop of the Suntory Holdings Ltd. head office building in Osaka on Saturday. Many beer gardens closed over the past two years due to the pandemic, but they are now bustling with customers as the summer season gets off…

The Osaka court ruling underscores how divisive the issue remains in Japan, the only member of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations that does not recognize same-sex unions.

Japan is the only G7 nation that doesn’t allow people of the same gender to marry.

A Japanese court ruled on Monday that a ban on same-sex marriage was not unconstitutional, dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven nation that does not allow people of the same gender to marry.

Citizens’ groups concerned about development costs for ‘integrated resort’ as well as crime and gambling addiction