The Latest Breaking News from Osaka

Centara Hotels & Resorts plans to open its newest property Centara Grand Hotel Osaka on July 1, its first foray into the Japanese market.

Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka say they have arrested a woman who allegedly sprayed an unknown liquid onto several women inside a department store, causing pain to their faces and eyes

Australian broke long standing record on 520 kilometre long route on Japan’s route one, the first road to be built in Japan

Energy Secretary Gray will spend three days in Tokyo and Osaka this week

Neil Gray will spend three days in Tokyo and Osaka this week

An invasive species of poisonous arachnid called the redback spider, which was first discovered in Japan 28 years ago in Osaka Prefecture, has now spread across nearly the entire country, according to the National Institute for Environmental Studies and other sources.

(This April 13 story has been corrected to fix initial investment amount to 1.08 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) from 1.8 trillion yen ($13.5 billion) in the headline and paragraph 1)

Japan’s government has approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the city of Osaka as it seeks to lure more foreign tourists

Casino complex to be built in Osaka after ban was lifted despite fears about gambling addiction