With a long history as Japan's mercantile heart and major port of call, Osaka is dense and delightfully in your face. Now, as ...

The Osaka High Court has ordered a retrial of a lawsuit by two death-row inmates who claim the practice of same-day ...

But it covered only the Midosuji district and areas around the municipal government’s building. The area around Kyobashi Station was added to the no-smoking zone in 2015. After Osaka in 2018 was ...

The Osaka District Court has sentenced a 27-year-old unemployed man to 22 years in prison for killing his 19-year-old girlfriend in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, in 2024. According to the ruling on ...

The Osaka District Court sentenced a 28-year-old former hospital employee to life in prison on Tuesday for raping 10 girls between the ages of 8 and 12 and injuring them as a result. Tomoya ...