The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more ...

Designated smoking areas are in place to offer some relief to those who need their nicotine fix. One spot garnering attention ...

As this city prepares to host Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, smoking regulations are becoming increasingly strict. A citywide ban ...

Yumeshima Station links the rest of that Japanese metropolis to the artificial island in Osaka Bay where the ...

OSAKA—A store clerk was stabbed and severely injured in a robbery that occurred in broad daylight in Osaka’s busiest and most famed shopping district on Aug. 7. At around 1:40 p.m. that day ...

A new train station located near the venue of a world exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka has opened ahead of the scheduled start of the event in April. An opening ceremony for ...

The fire erupted on the first floor of the five-story building at Tsutenkaku Hondori Shopping Street in Naniwa Ward, Osaka City at about 5pm local time, according to public broadcaster NHK Japan.