Osaka is often dubbed Japan’s “second city” and is unlikely ever to be number one. It lacks Tokyo’s distinguished position as ...

The 2024 MAMA Awards kicked off its second day at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Friday. K-pop artists and actors walked the red carpet ahead of the ceremony. Up-and-coming artists, such as Enhypen ...

The odds now overwhelmingly favor the plan of the Osaka city and the prefectural governments to open what would be Japan's first casino resort in 2029, with the final approval likely to be ...

SENNAN, Osaka Prefecture--Yuma Yamamoto, 31, became the youngest city mayor in Japan after winning in a landslide here with 10,861 votes. His 80-year-old rival, Hiroaki Koyama, gained 2,744 ballots.