The Osaka Center for Cultural Heritage announced the find at the Nishi-Iwata ruins in Higashi-Osaka on April 24. It marks the third time for a wooden mask from the period to be discovered in Japan.

The targeted area was around the Airin general center, which had been a “symbol of Kamagasaki” in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward. The center was the core of employment measures and support for day ...

$2,600) in compensation to a male inmate, ruling that holding him in a cell equipped with a surveillance camera at the Osaka detention center during his trial violated his right to privacy.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, known for his geeky image, wowed a fashion event with a surprise appearance in which ...

Osaka. Image © Dick Thomas Johnson via Wikipedia under CC BY 2.0 Explore Osaka's architectural highlights, featuring a curated selection of historical, modern, and ...

A new tourism hub on Awaji Island in west Japan -- known since ancient times for supplying food to the Imperial court -- is ...

So in 2022, after pandemic restrictions were lifted, we moved as a family to Osaka, Japan ... However, our daughter goes to a free childcare center. Where we live, the city subsidizes childcare ...

Osaka is a dynamic city with a dynamic history. Photographer Alfie Goodrich captures the food culture of the "Kitchen of Japan," the waterways that made it a commercial center, and the ...