Palace Skateboards now has flagship stores across the world in London, New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Seoul. Osaka ...

A gridded wooden structure formed using traditional joinery makes up The Grand Ring, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has used to encircle the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. At 61,035 ...

OSAKA, Japan (AP) — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite ...

Pavilions designed by leading Japanese architects Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban and SANAA feature in this preview of 10 must-see pavilions at Expo 2025 Osaka, which opens this weekend. Taking place on ...

In the centre of Japan’s second city is an oasis of calm (Picture: Four Seasons) The first thing you notice on arrival at the grand entrance of the Four Seasons in Osaka is silence. It may be ...

OSAKA, Japan — The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite ...

Osaka may be the place for kuidaore – eating until you fall over – but don’t overlook its many excellent museums. Most of them have an Osaka-centric focus to their exhibitions, which make ...

OSAKA -- Over the last two years, Hironori Momose has watched the reshaping of Osaka's skyline from his office overlooking the north end of the city's main train station. A former rail yard is now ...

MADRID — Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka crashed out of the Madrid Open in the first round on Tuesday with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 defeat by Lucia Bronzetti. The Japanese former world No. 1, ranked ...

Visitors pose at the site of Osaka’s 1970 World Expo, now a park.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Supported by By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya Photographs and Video by Hiroko ...

Naomi Osaka is set to resume her 2025 season in the clay-court season, where her first tournament will be the Madrid Open. The Japanese concluded her Sunshine Swing with a promising performance at ...