Officials mull moving start of 2025 World Expo to miss Golden Week
The government is considering bringing forward the start of the World Exposition in 2025 in Osaka by two to three weeks from the original date of May 3. Government officials told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday that the opening should ...
Kepco's gift scandal casts shadow over Kansai and 2025 Expo
Earlier this fall, it was revealed that 20 Kansai Electric Power Co. officials, including the chairman and president, received nearly ¥320 million in cash and presents between 2006 and 2018 from a powerful, and now deceased, former deputy mayor and political fixer in Takahama, ...
Man in Osaka indicted on drug charges arrested after two days on the run
Two days after he escaped custody in Osaka Prefecture, prosecutors on Monday caught a man indicted on drug charges who fled while being transferred to the police after his bail was revoked. Ryotaro Oue, who was indicted for using illegal stimulants and possessing marijuana, was ...
C.C. Haydel: Bringing a taste of 'The Big Easy' to Osaka
Bistro New Orleans owner-chef C.C. Haydel on the differences between Cajun and Creole cuisine, his go-to cocktail and the hardest ingredients to find in Japan.
Man indicted on drug charges escapes while being transferred to police custody in Osaka Prefecture
A man who had been indicted for using illegal stimulants and possessing marijuana escapes while being transferred to police custody in Osaka Prefecture.
Ten detainees go on hunger strike at Osaka immigration center
About ten foreign nationals detained at an immigration facility in Osaka have started a hunger strike to protest their protracted detention, their supporters said Wednesday. Almost all of the detainees taking part in the protest, which began Tuesday morning at the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau, ...
Conde Nast Traveler lists Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka among world's top 10 best large cities
Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka rank among the world's best 10 large cities — with the Japanese capital topping the list for a fourth successive year — according to U.S. luxury and lifestyle travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler. It is the first time three Japanese cities ...
The city of Ikeda in Osaka Prefecture, known as the birthplace of instant noodles, has started using manhole covers featuring Hiyoko-chan, the mascot of Chicken Ramen brand instant noodles, in front of the city's popular cup noodle museum. The Ikeda Municipal Government has created four ...
Ministry confirms city in Osaka Prefecture will be barred from hometown tax donation system
The internal affairs ministry said Thursday it is sticking with its decision to exclude the city of Izumisano from the revised furusato nōzei hometown tax donation system. The ministry concluded again that the Osaka Prefecture city, does not qualify after failing to follow a ministry ...
Toward 'Blade Runner': Future robots will look and think like us, Japanese android maker predicts
Set in 2019, cult '80s movie "Blade Runner" envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic replicants genetically engineered to look just like humans. So far that has failed to materialize, but at a secretive research institute in western Japan, wild-haired roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro is fine-tuning technology ...
Transportation by boat for visitors attending 2025 World Expo in Osaka to be considered
Water transport will be considered to facilitate the movement of visitors to and from Osaka's 2025 World Expo for improved accessibility, Hiroyuki Ishige, a senior official of its organizing body, said in a recent interview. A panel of officials from both the public and private ...
Japan's nonmetro commercial land prices rise for first time in 28 years
The average price of land for commercial use outside the country’s three largest metropolitan areas — Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya — has risen for the first time since 1991.
