A 22-year-old man was arrested on Jan. 20 on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a medical clinic director ...

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

IZUMIOTSU, Osaka Prefecture—Four women were injured at an outdoor music festival here on Oct. 6 and taken to a hospital after a crane supporting heavy camera equipment collapsed onto the audience.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to kill a 62-year-old doctor at a psychiatric clinic in Izumiotsu City, Osaka Prefecture. According to police, the incident occurred at ...

SACHICO, Japan's first one-stop support center within a hospital setting for women affected by sexual violence, has been ...

On January 19, 2025, Prime Minister Ishiba visited the venue of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture.

The Osaka Prefectural Board of Education is considering a system to partner all prefecture-run high schools with overseas ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 9 mph (4.8 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 51 °F (10.6 °C). Winds ...

“The tickets are simply too expensive,” remarked a 50-year-old female respondent from Osaka Prefecture. “This isn’t a commercial theme park; they need to consider the average person’s ...

Osaka Prefecture in 2013 released a scenario centered on a tsunami triggered by a Nankai Trough mega-quake. It stated that wide areas of Osaka City could flood in a worst-case scenario ― which ...

Three fault zones near epicenter The magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit northern Osaka Prefecture on the morning of June 18th. Jolts with an intensity of 6-minus on the Japanese intensity scale of 0 to ...