In 1970, Tennoji Zoo became a symbol of international friendship when Osaka hosted the Expo. Hiroko, an Asian elephant gifted by the Indian government, was the zoo's icon until her death in 2018.

Google Search interest for cruises to the East Asia country has risen higher compared to other searched cruise destinations.

Osaka Gas , Japan's second-largest city gas provider, said its domestic thermal power generation capacity will reach 3.2 ...

Customers look at cacti at Yamashiro Aisenen Cactus Trading Co. plant shop in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2025, ...

Major conveyor-belt sushi chain Kura Sushi will open a store at the Expo featuring it's longest circular conveyor belt ever.

SoftBank is marching ahead on its ambitions to build out a major AI operation in its home market of Japan, on its own steam ...

The number of foreign nationals residing in Japan reached over 3.7 million as of the end of 2024, up 10.5 percent from a year ...

With one month to go before the start of the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka, it seems unlikely that ...

The Japanese telecom giant is set to purchase the facility and a portion of the land at Sharp's shuttered TV liquid crystal ...

Authorities believe two men drowned themselves after the fortune-teller told them it was a way to cleanse evil from people ...

The tourism promotion event comes as this year marks the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries ...