On Friday the Osaka City Government launched a startup incubation facility located just in front of the city’s largest railway terminal. The Osaka Innovation Hub is situated in the R&D center complex ...

While most tourists flock to Tokyo, Osaka, the country's third-largest city, offers its own unique blend of modern urban life with contemporary architecture and rich historical heritage. Now, the city ...

OSAKA--Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui expressed his intention to resign from politics after his pet project to reorganize Osaka city into a metropolis like Tokyo was narrowly voted down in a second ...

Osaka is Japan’s third most populous city after Tokyo and Yokohama and the largest municipality in western Japan. It is famous for its role in many major historic events, from the construction of ...

Japanese publication Asahi Shimbun reports that Osaka, one of the largest cities in Japan, will throw out its sister city designation with San Francisco in protest over a Chinatown statue that honors ...

OSAKA—Around 40 years in the making, the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka opened in the city’s Kita Ward on Feb. 2, boasting one of Japan’s largest collections. Characterized by an exterior that looks ...

There is a local saying in Kansai: the ideal life is to “study in Kyoto, work in Osaka, and live in Kobe.” Although this phrase may not have a long history, the business aspects of Osaka do. Going as ...

Osaka is often dubbed Japan’s “second city” and is unlikely ever to be number one. It lacks Tokyo’s distinguished position as Japan’s capital city, and Osaka’s population of 2.7 million inhabitants ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - The mayor of Osaka, Japan sent a letter terminating San Francisco's longest-standing sister city relationship Tuesday, citing objections over a "Comfort Women Memorial" ...