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Princess Aiko is greeted by an official upon arriving at Itami Airport in Osaka on Thursday.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Princess Aiko visits Osaka Expo
The visit is the second independent official duty for the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako outside Tokyo.
The Osaka Expo, which opened last month, runs through mid-October.
JAPAN
May 8, 2025
Man admitted to 2025 Osaka Expo with 85-year-old ticket
Previous expos in Japan have had similar policies of giving "invitation tickets" to people holding passes for the 1940 event, expo organizers said.
Osaka police arrested Yuki Yazawa for attempted murder after he allegedly plowed his car into elementary school children in Osaka on Thursday. department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect,
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 4, 2025
Suspect who hit Osaka children with SUV said he disliked people living without hardship
The Osaka Prefectural Police Department is investigating how and why the 28-year-old suspect, Yuki Yazawa, committed the assault.
Time Out Market Osaka, located in the basement of Grand Green Osaka's South Building, is the London-based media and hospitality business' first Asian edition of their food market.
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 4, 2025
More than a food court: Time Out Market curates Osaka’s best flavors
After whetting appetites in cities like New York and Dubai, Time Out Market, the food event of the eponymous magazine and media group, has opened its first Asian edition in Osaka.
People walk on the Grand Ring on the opening day of the Osaka Expo on April 13.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025
Organizers broadly agree to preserve part of Osaka Expo ring
A concrete plan to determine which section will be conserved is due to be finalized at a meeting next month.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.
LIFE / Travel
May 2, 2025
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
Androids and lab-grown heart cells: A dispatch from the world fair.
The café space at the Osaka Expo's British pavilion
JAPAN
May 2, 2025
Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage
Earlier this week, a post deploring the overall quality of the pavilion's tea set — including "a tea bag stuck in a paper cup" — went viral on X.
Hiroshi Matsumoto, a professor at the University of Osaka who has performed autopsies on bodies suspected to have been involved in criminal cases, believes it's of the utmost importance to nurture people who can do such work.
JAPAN
May 2, 2025
Osaka institute nurtures forensic pathologists amid a low autopsy rate
Even though the number of forensic pathologists is on the rise, there were only 173 such people nationwide as of April last year, with nine prefectures having just one each.
Osaka Prefectural Police officers check the vehicle of a 28-year-old man who allegedly rammed into schoolchildren on a street in the city of Osaka on Thursday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 1, 2025
Man arrested in Osaka after suspected car attack on children
Yuki Yazawa, an unemployed resident of Tokyo who was driving the vehicle, was arrested by the Osaka Prefectural Police on the spot on suspicion of attempted murder.
National agency Heritage Malta worked with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure the painstaking restoration of samurai armor that spent over half a century forgotten in storage in Valletta, Malta.
JAPAN / History
May 1, 2025
Lost and found history receives glittering homecoming at Osaka Expo
Hidden away since World War II, samurai armor gifted to Malta from Japan in 1862 has been restored to its full glory and put on display at the Malta Pavilion.
A system failure at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has made automated teller machines at some branches in the Kansai western Japan region unavailable. The cause of the failure is under investigation, and there is no prospect of when the system will be restored, the Japanese bank said.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2025
System failure hits Sumitomo Mitsui ATMs
The cause of the failure is under investigation, and there is no timeline yet for restoring the system, the Japanese bank said.
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 28, 2025
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
At Expo 2025 in Osaka, mascots from around the world borrow from Japan’s character culture — but none can match Myaku-Myaku’s gloopy charm.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (second from right) attends a groundbreaking ceremony held in Osaka Thursday for an integrated resort including a casino, along with Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama (right) and Osaka IR representatives Toyonori Takahashi (left) and Edward Bowers.
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2025
Osaka casino project breaks ground, aiming for 2030 opening
The 490,000-square-meter resort will have a casino and other facilities with a total floor space of 770,000 square meters.
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 24, 2025
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Architects of country pavilions speak on the challenges that shaped their design choices.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura says he hopes the prefecture's new rule prohibiting older people from using ATMs while talking on phones becomes widely known and eventually accepted as common sense.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 24, 2025
Osaka to ban older people from using ATMs while on the phone to help stop scams
While the ban does not include penalties, the Osaka prefectural government hopes to build public consensus to help prevent scams.
The levels of a type of "forever chemical" found in seven current and former employees at Daikin Industries' Yodogawa plant in Osaka Prefecture were about 38 times those for nearby residents, according to a survey conducted by a team including Kyoto University.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2025
High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers
The levels for seven current and former employees were about 38 times those for residents, with three showing signs of interstitial lung disease.
Makoto Miyamori (second from the right) receives commemorative gifts with his family as the 1 millionth visitor to the expo on Wednesday in the city of Osaka.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2025
Osaka Expo reaches 1 million visitors
The event's official association is aiming for 28.2 million visitors to the expo, which will close on Oct. 13.
A plaintiff for a damages lawsuit against Morinaga Milk Industry speaks at a news conference in Osaka after the Osaka District Court dismissed her claims.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2025
Osaka District Court dismisses lawsuit against Morinaga Milk in arsenic case
Presiding Judge Takenori Nomura ruled the 20-year statute of repose for tort claims had already passed.
A 35-year-old mother was found guilty of attempted coercion by repeatedly sending mobile messages to her daughter not to eat while being hospitalized.
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2025
Japanese mother partially acquitted over abuse of daughter
Kasumi Nawata, 35, was found guilty of attempted coercion and sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years.
A visitor looks on from the Grand Ring venue of the 2025 Osaka Expo on April 14.
JAPAN
Apr 20, 2025
Osaka Expo struggles with drawing visitors and managing crowds
Long lines formed in front of entrance gates as a communications failure left many unable to access their electronic admission tickets on their smartphones.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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