Local regulations already ban smoking while walking in most places in Japan, but opposition from some lawmakers has prevented strict national laws. From April, the wider Osaka region will prohibit ...

Local regulations already ban smoking while walking in most places in Japan, but opposition from some lawmakers has prevented strict national laws. From April, the wider Osaka region will prohibit ...

TOKYO — 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. Around 160 countries and ...

Out of all the places in Japan to see cherry blossoms ... AirX has 40 and 60-minute Yoshino cherry blossom-viewing helicopter and Cessna flights that take off from Yao, circle around the sakura, and ...

A 47-year-old woman somehow managed to cause eight traffic accidents in the span of 35 minutes between 7 a.m. and 7:35 a.m. on January 19 in Osaka. To clarify ... about 300,000 reported traffic ...

Night - Mostly clear with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 9 mph (4.8 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 38 °F (3.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 51 °F (10.6 °C). Winds ...

OSAKA—An eviction order was carried out in Osaka’s Kamagasaki district, the largest town for day laborers in Japan, eliciting angry cries of protests and desperate expressions of helplessness.

Kairakuen Garden in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, is one of the most famous places in Japan to see plum trees ... This year, the bloom started about two weeks later than usual.

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the National Park Service announced Wednesday that Washington’s 3,700 cherry blossom trees would reach peak bloom this year from March 22-25. That’s several ...

The Japanese Meteorological Corporation (JMC) has released the annual cherry blossom forecast ... The best time to visit Tokyo in central Japan for sakura vistas is from 24 March 2025, whereas Osaka ...