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REFURBISHED 'TOWER OF THE SUN,' SYMBOL OF OSAKA WORLD'S FAIR, REOPENS TO CROWDS
It was great, said Ai Takahira, 40, who came from Kyoto Prefecture to see the interior... READ MORE›
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE: WHY I GO TO THE AMERICAN SUPERMARKET IN JAPAN
On the island of Okinawa, where I live, there are both Japanese supermarkets and American ones... READ MORE›
JAPAN OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS LOOK TO PRESSURE PM OVER SCHOOL SCANDAL
The former head of the school operator and his wife were arrested in July on suspicion of illegally receiving subsidies... READ MORE›
KANSAI BUSINESS LEADERS SEEK NATIONWIDE SUPPORT FOR WORLD EXPO BID
Kansai-area corporate leaders urged the local business community on Friday to boost efforts to promote Osaka's bid to host the World Expo 2025, and called... READ MORE›
OSAKA TO PUSH 1970 EXPO TOWER FOR WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
The prefecture has moved forward with seismic strengthening work on the tower and restoration efforts for exhibits... READ MORE›
GIFU ELECTION LOSS BAD NEWS FOR POTENTIAL LDP CHALLENGER TO ABE
A party-backed mayoral candidate in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, was defeated earlier this month... READ MORE›
ENGLISH TEACHER CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO PLUG IN TO THE WORLD
But Mio Horio, a 32-year-old English teacher from mountainous Shiga Prefecture, is challenging the nation's system and nudging her students to think outside the box... READ MORE›
OSAKA WATCHING CLOSELY AS PARIS MOVES CLOSER TO WITHDRAWING WORLD EXPO BID
France, however, is already hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup and Paris will be the site of the 2024 Summer Olympics... READ MORE›
THE BANK OF JAPAN NEEDS A NEW TARGET - ONE THAT ISN'T DEFLATION
It's time Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda found a new target for his monetary arrow... READ MORE›
FRANCE DROPS BID TO HOST 2025 WORLD EXPO
Philippe's letter said that the Expofrance 2025 committee was forecasting 35 to 40 million visitors, while the Milan World Expo in 2015 had only 20 million visitors... READ MORE›
JAPANESE NEWSPAPER REPORTER WOUNDED IN UNSOLVED '87 SHOOTING AT HANSHIN BUREAU DIES
Hyoe Inukai, a former Asahi Shimbun reporter severely wounded by a shotgun during the unsolved 1987 attack on the daily's Hanshin bureau, has died, it was... READ MORE›
WATCH OUT, AIRLINES. HIGH SPEED RAIL NOW RIVALS FLYING ON KEY ROUTES
In Asia and Europe, super-fast locomotives are comparable to air travel in price and door-to-door speed... READ MORE›
KANSAI ECONOMIC FEDERATION WILL OPEN PARIS OFFICE TO DIRECTLY PROMOTE HOSTING BID
OSAKA - The Kansai Economic Federation will open an office in Paris to directly lobby representatives who will decide the host of the World Expo 2025... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Osaka
JAPAN WARNS CITIZENS THEY MIGHT HAVE ONLY 10 MINUTES TO PREPARE FOR A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE
In 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong-1 missile -- ostensibly for launching a satellite -- over Japan and into its economic zone on the Pacific Ocean side... READ MORE›
JAPAN SCHOOLGIRL 'FORCED TO DYE HAIR'
Kaifukan high school said its policy was to ban students from dyeing or bleaching hair... READ MORE›
IN JAPAN, SINGLE MOTHERS STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY AND WITH SHAME
I feel like Japan is such a cold country towards children... READ MORE›
SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG TOP WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES
Europe had four cities in the top 10, with Geneva, Paris and Copenhagen joining Zurich... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: HOLLYWOOD'S 'WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER' SETS ITS OPENING DATE
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif -- Prepare to chant Lumos Maxima! The world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts castle is ready for its spellbinding Hollywood unveiling... READ MORE›
TORONTO IS OFFICIALLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIST
The Economist Intelligence Unit also used Democracy and Global Food Security indexes when ranking 36 major cities... READ MORE›
HITLER'S MEIN KAMPF RETURNS TO JAPANESE SCHOOLS AS 'TEACHING MATERIAL'
The decision came weeks after the controversial Imperial Rescript on Education in schools was approved for the same purposes... READ MORE›
JAPAN KNIFE ATTACK: AT LEAST 19 DEAD
Former employee of Japanese facility for disabled people turns himself in after killing 19 people in a stabbing spree at Tsukui Yamayurien facility in Sagamihara, officials say... READ MORE›
A DYING MAN'S LOST RECIPE MADE HIS DAUGHTER A MULTIMILLIONAIRE
Kushikatsu Tanaka now has 146 branches across Japan and one in Hawaii... READ MORE›
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN BREAKS GROUND FOR SUPER NINTENDO WORLD
The Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka plans to add a new area featuring Nintendo characters and worlds, which was unveiled at a groundbreaking ce... READ MORE›
70 YEARS ON, ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS THE HORROR OF THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMBING
As japan marks 70 years since the hiroshima and nagasaki atom bombs yukiko nakabushi talk about her crusade against nuclear weapons... READ MORE›
YOGAS DAY ARRIVES IN INDIA AND BEYOND
Senior ministers from Mr. Modi's cabinet took part in yoga events in Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow and Shimla... READ MORE›
TOKYO STILL TOP 'GLOBAL POWER CITY' IN ASIA, AND TAKES THIRD SPOT IN THE RANKINGS WORLDWIDE
London has held the top spot for six straight years, followed by New York, Tokyo, Paris, Singapore, Seoul, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sydney... READ MORE›
JAPAN MAN HELD OVER BODIES AND SEVERED HEADS IN FLAT
Police had found the body parts of eight females and one male, some in varying stages of decomposition, Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported... READ MORE›
THIS GRITTY JAPANESE CITY IS ASIA'S NEW TOURIST HOT SPOT
While Japan as a whole has benefited from a massive increase in tourism recently, it's especially pronounced in Osaka... READ MORE›
SAN FRANCISCO ACCEPTS 'COMFORT WOMEN' STATUE
In January, Japan temporarily withdrew its ambassador to South Korea over a new statue outside the Japanese consulate in South Korea's port city Busan... READ MORE›
JAPANS CABINET ROCKED BY NEW CLAIMS OF LINKS TO NEO-NAZIS WHO TARGET THE ETHNIC KOREAN POPULATION
Please read our Japan's government is weathering accusations of links to far-right groups that promote racism and hate speech... READ MORE›
NINE PEOPLE CHOKE TO DEATH EATING MOCHI RICE CAKES IN JAPAN
Every year, Japan's emergency services warn people to cut the mochi into bite-size pieces before serving them to young children or elderly relatives... READ MORE›
OSAKA MAYOR TO END SISTER CITY STATUS WITH SAN FRANCISCO OVER 'COMFORT WOMEN' STATUE
San Francisco 'comfort woman' statue angers Osaka mayor... READ MORE›
IN JAPAN, A SCANDAL OVER A SCHOOL THREATENS TO ENTANGLE ABE
Prime Minister Abe might think this story is a minor issue, but it has the potential to become very damaging, Itagaki said... READ MORE›
AROUND THE WORLD IN 23 CURRIES THE BEST FROM NEW YORK TO NEW DELHI
Bukhara, New Delhi This is a very posh Indian restaurant in the luxurious ITC Maurya hotel... READ MORE›
'COCKROACHES' AND 'OLD HAGS': HOUNDING OF THE NORTH KOREAN DIASPORA IN JAPAN
Yasuko Morooka, a visiting researcher at Osaka University of Economics and Law said North Korean schools were bracing for more abuse after Tuesday's missile launch... READ MORE›
UNESCO ADDS 40 KM OF KUMANO KODO PILGRAMAGE ROUTES TO WORLD HERITAGE REGISTER
A total of 347.7 km of the Kumano Kodo routes in all three prefectures have now been classified as World Heritage sites... READ MORE›
JAPANS SAND MUSEUM, A HOME TO EPHEMERAL TREASURES
Curiously, with such an international crew, Mr. Chaen has never invited a Japanese artist to sculpt in Tottori... READ MORE›
2 DEATHS ARE REPORTED IN FIRE ON JAPANESE TRAIN
Television images showed emergency crews and railway workers surrounding the Shinkansen bullet train which had been traveling to the western city of Osaka from Tokyo... READ MORE›
TOKYO RETURNS TO WORLD'S 10 PRICIEST CITIES AS ASIA DOMINATES LIST
Europe had four cities in the top 10, with Geneva, Paris and Copenhagen joining Zurich... READ MORE›
WORK, PRAY, FEAR: MY LIFE IN THE FAMILY CULT
Uncle Stephan - the last anyone saw he was holding a cardboard The End Is Near sign in Amsterdam... READ MORE›
THE 'TAXI PRINCE' FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE UBER WON'T WIN IN JAPAN
Uber is also considering tie-ups with Japanese taxi companies, a person with knowledge of the matter said... READ MORE›
HERE'S HOW LONG IT TAKES TO EARN YOUR BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD
Breakfast costs just over 1 percent of a day's pay for people in Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva, while Ukrainians in Kiev must shell out about 6 percent... READ MORE›
JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ARGUE OVER A CHOCOLATE-COVERED PRETZEL STICK
South Korea and Japan fight over a group of guano-covered rocky islets in the sea between them... READ MORE›