The operator of Universal Studios Japan said Friday it will start a special campaign to attract young people from outside the Kansai region. Osaka-based USJ Co. said if groups of three to five students from outside Kansai buy special admission tickets to the amusement park ...
An association of Japanese doll manufacturers has expressed its displeasure with Universal Studios Japan, in Osaka, saying the American film studio theme park is tarnishing the image of traditional dolls by using them in a haunted house attraction. The Tokyo-based group said Tuesday it sent ...
Forget about “Back to the Future.” Universal Studios Japan wants to get back to reality after a bidding war saw the price of a life-size replica of the time-traveling DeLorean from the popular movie hit ¥9,999,999,999 (about $91.5 million) on the Yahoo Auctions website ...
Universal Studios Japan has attracted a record number of visitors in fiscal 2015, topping the previous 12.7 million mark set the year before, the Osaka theme park operator said Monday. Given the continued popularity of an attraction area based on the "Harry Potter" film series ...
The Internet ate up pictures of the crazy costumes in Shibuya last year, but Tokyoites aren't the only ones enjoying Halloween in Japan. While the tentacles of terror haven't completely made their way into the countryside, Osakans have definitely welcomed the holiday and you can ...
Hiroshi Tate plays "SP Yatsurugi Takashi" ("Secret Police Takashi Yatsurugi"; TBS, Mon., 9 p.m.), a member of the Metropolitan Police Department who is assigned to the security detail for the governor of Tokyo, Sawako Yoshimine (Hisako Manda), as she hosts a ceremony for guests ...
Having planned a family trip from our home in Tokushima Prefecture to Kobe and Osaka, we packed our 14-year-old daughter's wheelchair in the car and took the highway to Awaji Island. By flashing our daughter's red techo (an identification card for individuals with disabilities available ...
As Japan edges toward legalizing gambling resorts, USJ Co. is counting on its cachet turning around its Universal Studios theme park to win a partnership with a foreign casino operator. The operator of Osaka's 13-year-old Universal Studios Japan is in talks with MGM Resorts International, ...
When Monkey D. Luffy of the manga and anime "One Piece" screams out "I'm going to be a pirate king," does it ever make you think to yourself, "I want to be a pirate king too"? Well now's your chance. With more than 300 million ...
About 3,000 people, some of whom spent the night in line, were at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka for the launch of a new Harry Potter-themed attraction Tuesday. The opening ceremony was attended by actor Tom Felton, who played the role of Draco Malfoy in ...
The operator of Universal Studios Japan is considering relisting on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the business year starting next April, sources said Wednesday. USJ Co., which operates the Osaka theme park featuring attractions based on popular Hollywood movies, is planning ...
Universal Studios Japan is thinking of acquiring a casino license just in case the Diet decides to pull the trigger on gambling houses.
