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 ...

JR Osaka Station is congested as entry restrictions were in place at some ticket gates after the spraying incident on the evening of July 25, 2025. (Mainichi/Yukiko Hayashi) OSAKA -- A man sustained ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between November 1 ...

A man jumped off a platform and onto the tracks at JR Osaki Station in Shinagawa Ward after being reprimanded for alleged ...

OSAKA—A stained glass artwork by the creator of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” was unveiled at JR Osaka Station on July 29, intended to serve as a new landmark and meeting point. “I hope my work will ...

Police on Monday arrested a 38-year-old unemployed woman for attacking three women with a knife at JR Osaka Station on Sunday. Two of the women sustained minor injuries. Kazuka Oyama, 38, was arrested ...

As a stop for the JR Shinkansen, Shin-Osaka Station makes a great Kansai hub for visiting major cities around Japan like Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, or Tokyo. This means it experiences a lot of foot-traffic, ...

Osaka prefectural police have arrested a 51-year-old police sergeant on suspicion of assaulting a station security guard on Thursday afternoon. Police quoted the officer, Hiroshi Yokohama, as saying ...

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 ...

TOKYO – Railway companies are seeking to attract passengers by taking advantage of their stations in unique ways to boost ridership numbers, which have yet to recover since the start of the Covid-19 ...