The Japanese city is “beautifying” itself ahead of hosting the World Expo — not by planting flowers, but by banning cigarettes.

In December, Osaka police arrested Nakamura along with two other people for kidnapping Miyagi and imprisoning him in a car. Earlier this month, police rearrested him for abandoning the body of Miyagi in the sea.

Bars and restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka that have complied with authorities’ infection-prevention requests will soon resume normal business hours and alcohol sales for the first time in 11 months.

A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka in western Japan, local TV footage showed on Tuesday.

The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year's World Expo. We want to welcome many people from all over the world,

Bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka were temporarily halted Friday after a fire broke out near a track in central Japan, a

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A massive fire erupted in a commercial building near the famous Tsutenkaku Tower, a popular tourist landmark in Osaka in western Japan, according to media reports on Tuesday. The fire erupted on the first floor of the five-story building at Tsutenkaku Hondori Shopping Street in Naniwa Ward,

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. said it plans to ramp up real estate investments in Japan after buying a stake in a landmark Tokyo hotel and a large plot of land for logistics development in deals worth a combined $1.

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As announced at the end of last year, Time Out Tokyo has a new Acting Editor-in-Chief: Marcus Webb.​​ Marcus is what you might call a Time Out veteran: he served as Global Editor-in-Chief at Time Out London until 2016 and has been assisting us here in Tokyo as content director at Original Inc., the operator of Time Out Tokyo, for many years.

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