We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 25 ...

How does the average salary in Osaka compare to Tokyo? Here is a quick look at salaries for cities in Japan's third largest ...

Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a 28-year-old man on Feb. 3 on suspicion of abandoning a dismembered body found in a ...

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

Osaka mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama says the ban will make city ‘safe’. Meanwhile the Osaka region is extending a ban on smoking in ...

Ahead of World Expo 2025, Osaka, the host and one of the biggest Japanese cities has completely banned smoking and vaping in ...

From April, the wider Osaka region will prohibit smoking in eateries with seating areas larger than 30 square meters, ...

This Osaka Prefecture town has rejected free admission for its students to the Osaka-Kansai Expo, scheduled to open on April ...

Osaka is in the middle of a hotel boom leading up to the World Expo, which takes place between April and October 2025. One of ...

The Japanese city of Osaka has banned smoking on the streets in an apparent effort to smarten up the city and make it more ...