An offshoot of storied Italian eatery Ponte Vecchio in Kitahama, Échi has occupied a corner of the tenth floor inside the Lucua Osaka complex next to Osaka Station since 2011. Its thin ...

Centering around JR Osaka Station, the OSAKA STATION CITY features the fashion building LUCUA Osaka on its northern side, and the department store Daimaru Umeda, Hotel Granvia Osaka and the restaurant ...

A gridded wooden structure formed using traditional joinery makes up The Grand Ring, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has used to encircle the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. At 61,035 ...

MADRID, Spain — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Madrid Open in the first round on Tuesday with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat by Lucia Bronzetti. The Japanese former World ...

Osaka may be the place for kuidaore – eating until you fall over – but don’t overlook its many excellent museums. Most of them have an Osaka-centric focus to their exhibitions, which make ...

OSAKA -- Retailers in Osaka are getting a boost from the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, which got underway in mid-April. The world exposition is attracting foreign visitors from many places, including ...

Construction for a casino resort began Thursday in Osaka at a site close to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition, despite concerns about noise affecting the ongoing international event. The ...

Days before the official opening ceremony of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, on April 13, the final push is on to make sure a mammoth event that brings together 158 countries and regions from around the ...

Participants in a "test run" for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, take photos at the venue on April 4, 2025, in the city of Osaka's Konohana Ward. (Mainichi/Takehiko Onishi) OSAKA -- Osaka Gov.

MADRID (AP) — Naomi Osaka's clay-court season started with a loss in the first round of the Madrid Open against Lucia Bronzetti on Tuesday. Japan's four-time Grand Slam champion stumbled on ...

Naomi Osaka has accepted a wild card entry into the WTA 125 tournament in Saint-Malo, France, as she continues her return to the professional circuit following her maternity hiatus. The decision ...

Visitors take commemorative photos during an Osaka Expo venue test run, in Osaka's Konohana Ward, April 4, 2025. (Mainichi/Takehiko Onishi) OSAKA -- A fire broke out at the Brazilian Pavilion for ...