OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police on Saturday announced the arrest of a 59-year-old man for allegedly kidnapping allegedly calling out to a runaway high school boy and taking him to his home, ...

OSAKA (TR)- Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man over the alleged dumping the body of his wife in Okayama Prefecture last year, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Feb. 10). Investigators ...

OSAKA -- Osaka Prefectural Police arrested a 28-year-old man on Feb. 3 on suspicion of abandoning a dismembered body found in a mountainous region of the prefecture in January, investigative ...

Shannon Osaka is a climate reporter covering policy, culture, and science for The Washington Post. She came to The Post after two and a half years at the nonprofit environment journalism outlet ...

from Ebisubashi bridge in Osaka, an area famed for its iconic Glico running man sign. Revelers began singing ... around 5,300 people leapt into the Dotonbori river and one person died.

The view from the observatory overlooking the Osaka Plain The area along the Ogawa River, which flows through the center of Osaka and into Osaka Bay, is home to multiple buildings and structures that ...

Police in Osaka have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting a junior high school girl at a hotel in early December. According to police, Ryo Shirai, a firefighter with the ...

A man in China who rescued a drowning man while riding a white horse, has earned praise online and been given the nickname Prince Charming. On February 4, the man fell into the river from a bridge ...

A 33-year-old man from Zhejiang province, China, who came to Japan about 11 years ago, studied at Osaka City University (now Osaka Metropolitan University) before completing a graduate program and ...

Osaka police have arrested a man on suspicion of abandoning his wife’s body, despite the fact her remains have not been found. Police arrested the suspect, Yoshifumi Kuroki, 35, who has been ...

OSAKA -- The mutilated body of a man has been found in a mountain area in the Osaka Prefecture city of Higashiosaka, police revealed on Jan. 29. The man's arms, legs and head were reportedly ...