Osaka: News
30 Jan 2025
JapanAhead of Expo 2025, Osaka enforces public smoking ban
Osaka has implemented a public smoking ban from January 27, ahead of hosting Expo 2025.
06 Dec 2024
BBCJ-pop legend Miho Nakayama found dead at 54; investigation underway
Miho Nakayama, a beloved icon of Japanese pop culture as an actor and singer, was discovered dead at her Tokyo home on Friday. She was 54.
23 Oct 2024
JapanJapan's solution to surging knife-attacks are 'umbrellas'; how they work
Amid a rise in knife attacks, Japan will be placing hundreds of blade-resistant umbrellas on its trains.
20 Aug 2024
Apple TV+Apple TV+'s 'Pachinko' S2: Plot, cast, release date
The much-anticipated second season of the historical drama Pachinko is set to premiere on August 23, 2024.
18 May 2024
HuluExploring the future of Hulu's 'Shōgun' in Seasons 2, 3
The historical drama series Shōgun, a joint production by Hulu and FX, has been officially renewed for a second and third season.
24 Apr 2024
Travel And TourismJapan's bullet trains likely to get 'private rooms' from 2026
Japan's renowned Shinkansen trains (or the "bullet trains" as known to the world) are all set for a significant upgrade.
17 Apr 2024
Travel And TourismTaste a slice of Osaka with its culinary specialties
Osaka is celebrated as "Japan's kitchen", a city alive with culinary promise.
10 Apr 2024
Travel And TourismExperience the best of Osaka's unique culinary landscape
Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, is a vibrant metropolis known for its dynamic food scene.
05 Apr 2024
Travel And TourismDiscover Osaka's izakaya alleys with this travel guide
Osaka, known as Japan's kitchen, boasts charming alleyways filled with izakayas, the traditional Japanese pubs.
22 Mar 2024
LifestyleOsaka's cherry blossom havens are worth visiting
Every spring, the bustling metropolis of Osaka is transformed into a pastel paradise, as the cherry blossoms, or Sakura, start their short-lived but awe-inspiring bloom.
15 Mar 2024
Travel And TourismWitness Osaka's cherry blossom extravaganza: A springtime must-see
Each spring, Osaka, Japan, is transformed as cherry blossoms create a pastel spectacle.
22 Feb 2024
JapanJapan's World Expo restrooms spark controversy over astronomical costs
Japan is set to host World Exposition 2025, yet even with a year left before the event, it has already sparked public backlash.
29 Jun 2022
JapanDrunk Japanese man loses entire Amagasaki city's personal data
Getting drunk can turn everything upside down in the blink of an eye.
29 Apr 2020
JapanJapanese firm offers separate rooms to bickering couples amid lockdown
As more than half of humanity is under lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, families are spending more time with each other, irrespective of whether they like it.
06 Apr 2020
JapanLockdown- No, Emergency- Yes: How Japan plans to handle coronavirus
The first stage to curtail the coronavirus pandemic is a lockdown, as countries that have been hammered by COVID-19 have shown. Italy has shut everything, so has France and so did epicenter China (although only worst-affected cities were shut).
11 Sep 2018
Serena Williams#SerenaWilliamsMeltdown: "Upset people are offended, but won't take cartoon down"
An Australian cartoonist, Mark Knight is under public fire for drawing a cartoon of Serena Williams' meltdown in the US Open Final which is supposedly "racist and repugnant".
18 Jun 2018
JapanJapan: 3 dead, dozens injured as 6.1 quake hits Osaka
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake knocked over walls around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan today, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
29 Jun 2017
JapanDisabled man forced to crawl on-board by Japanese airline
In a horrific incident, a wheel-chair bound Japanese man Hideto Kijima, was forced to crawl upto 17 stairs to get on-board a Vanilla Air flight.
