The idea is to encourage more people to get involved in local government in Japan, but questions have emerged about the ...

Yoshimura Hirofumi, governor of Osaka Prefecture, has been elected as the new leader of Japan's right-wing opposition ...

A man who fled the scene after hitting a police officer with his car when the officer tried to question him and a male ...

OSAKA—Hotels are cropping up in the central part of the city and owners are banking on an influx of overseas visitors to fill ...

A 50-year-old occupant of a vehicle that traveled over 200 meters in Osaka Prefecture with a police officer on the hood after ...

But where’s the best prefecture to live in Japan if you’re not a native? A new study decided to find an answer.

Prefectural police here verbally instructed dozens of officers by Nov. 28 after several under Japan's drinking age of 20 who ...