OSAKA—About 4,000 people were stranded at Yumeshima Station, the closest train stop to the Osaka Kansai Expo, on April 22 after operations were suspended on one of the few access routes to the site.

Osaka Station is a perfect location as a base for sightseeing around Osaka, shopping and heading to Kyoto and Nara. Osaka Station is not only JR Osaka Station, but it is also listed as Umeda Station ...

OSAKA -- The press got a two-day advance look at the new facial recognition ticket gate and the world's first shifting platform doors at West Japan Railway Co. (JR West)'s Osaka Station on March 16.

Osaka – As I stand outside Osaka Station one morning in mid April, a quartet of college students direct visitors to the train line that runs out to Osaka Bay and Expo 2025. It’s mere minutes after ...

Take the Blue Line to O’Hare, hop a flight to Tokyo, board the Shinkansen bullet train to Osaka and head down into Namba ...

Tokyo —What's being billed as "the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka. Actually a new wing of the existing Osaka Station, eight minutes away via ...

OSAKA--The site of a former rail freight terminal has the distinction of being the “last prime zone” to be developed in this bustling western Japan city. It occupies a prestigious location northwest ...

As of the beginning of October 2019, the operators of the Hankyū and Hanshin railways that link up the Kansai area will rename Umeda Station “Osaka-Umeda Station.” As any local knows, Umeda is the ...

Classic takoyaki, exclusive monthly specials, Thai street eats and Korean comfort food, all coming soon to the city’s hottest food and cultural market ...

OSAKA -- A 3D display at JR Osaka Station showing a leopard peering down on passersby is surprising people and creating a social media buzz. The 3-meter-long leopard, created with computer graphics, ...