OSAKA/TOKYO (Reuters) - Osaka, long Japan's "second city," is winning the race against Tokyo to draw foreign tourists, but after a boom, its retailers and property developers are adapting to shifting ...

Cinemas in Tokyo and Osaka will be allowed to reopen from June 1, as local authorities ease restrictions on large-scale facilities. The central government of Japan is extending a state of emergency, ...

Osaka lost in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament. Naomi Osaka, ranked second and competing in her home country, will leave the Tokyo Olympics without a medal. Osaka, 23, lost to Marketa ...

"At the end of the day I'm just an athlete and there's a whole pandemic going on," said Naomi Osaka, revealing her reservations about holding the Summer Olympics despite her own excitement Naomi Osaka ...

In a blow to the Japanese LGBTQ+ community, a court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. The decision handed down by Tokyo’s High Court on Friday (28 November) outlined ...

The filming will take place from Jan 10 to 16 between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

These are early days for the Tokyo Olympics, but Naomi Osaka is quickly emerging as the headline act. Two days after lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony – a moment she called “the greatest ...