OSAKA—Passers-by near JR Osaka Station and Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station had a bizarre start to the day when they were met with the sight of roughly 10 meters of a massive underground pipe sticking out ...

A giant vertical pipe at a sewer construction site in Osaka was pushed upward Wednesday, protruding more than 10 meters above ...

For a taste of Osaka, diners in Singapore can check out Tonkatsu Daiki, a new restaurant opening right in the heart of ...

Osaka has grown into one of Japan’s most compelling luxury city destinations. Known for its dynamic street culture, ...

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother ...

Shohei Ohtani arrived in Japan on Sunday days ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and it was as if Paul McCartney had stepped foot in Liverpool. Ohtani's teammates and fellow members of Team Japan ...

Baseball fans can’t help but go crazy for Shohei Ohtani. Especially in his home country. When the two-way Dodgers superstar and the rest of Team Japan arrived at Shin-Osaka Station on Sunday in Osaka, ...

Not even the frenetic train terminals of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto can match the Instagram appeal of this obscure whistle-stop ...

From takoyaki in Osaka to kaiseki in Kyoto, explore Kansai's must-try dishes, local secrets, and the best food experiences across the region.

The skylines of the Keihanshin area, as the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe conurbation is known, are no longer just static postcards; they ...

A new tourist train is set to launch in Japan connecting visitors to the sacred Buddhist temple settlement of Koyasan. Nankai ...