thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of an arson attack at an Osaka clinic that killed over 20 people. In response, the sister of one of the victims looks for ways the bereaved can connect and heal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/17/japan/crime-legal/osaka-arson-two-years-anniversary/?utm_content=buffer4ba07&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #japanesecourts #osaka #massmurder #doctors #mentalhealth

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Life

Eight food stalls now sit in front of the shuttered shops that have come to typify the declining shopping street. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/12/17/food-drink/osaka-shinsekai-food/?utm_content=bufferf5cd4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #fooddrink #osaka #streetfood #yatai

bergkind, 5 months ago to photography

Osaka May 2023
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#photography #osaka #japan #travel

thejapantimes, 5 months ago to Japan

South Korea and Japan’s second cities might both wish they had never bid to host a World Expo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/12/15/japan/japan-world-expo/?utm_content=buffer6ccb0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #osaka #worldexpo

cjthomas, 5 months ago to photography

First few days in Osaka - Part 2

Sony A7iii - 24-105mm F4 G

#travelphotography #photography #japan #Osaka #sonya7iii #sonyalpha

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ncoca, 5 months ago to Osaka

There are 14 flights a day between #Osaka & #Taipei, on an astounding 9 (!) different airlines. Explains the numerous Taiwanese I see all around #Kansai.

That compares to just two flights, not even daily, between Osaka & the US. #Japan.

Shows the closeness of ties between the two countries, something that is always downplayed, for some reason, by westerners.

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

A 58-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 16-year-old female high school student who was found dead in an apartment in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, apparently after a cough medicine overdose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/08/japan/crime-legal/high-school-girl-overdose/?utm_content=buffer9e2b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #osaka

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Work has now begun for the construction of a casino resort in Osaka to be located next to the city's expo site, but that milestone is being overshadowed by problems already delaying the building of foreign pavilions for the expo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/05/japan/society/osaka-casino-expo-problems/?utm_content=buffer417ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #osaka #casinos #yumeshima

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thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Advance sales of tickets to the 2025 World Expo in Osaka have begun amid lingering concerns over ballooning costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/30/japan/osaka-expo-ticket-sales/?utm_content=buffer5abeb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #2025osakaexpo #osaka

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Russia has become the latest country to formally cancel its participation in the Osaka Expo — more bad news for the troubled event, which already faces pavilion construction delays, skyrocketing costs and little public support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/29/japan/society/osaka-expo-russia/?utm_content=buffer8a775&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #society #2025osakaexpo #osaka #russia

JasonThorne, 6 months ago to Osaka

Believe it or not, this is a garbage incinerator and recycling plant and a sewage sludge processing facility.

This is in #Osaka. They were both designed by Austrian artist and architect Friedensreich Hunderwasser.

#architecture #urbanism #city

Colourful buildings clad in colourful panels and designs
Colourful buildings and a colourful smokestack with a gold dome on top.
Colourful building with a colourful fountain in the foreground.

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to baseball

Around 1 million fans attended victory parades for the Tigers and Buffaloes in Kobe and Osaka on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/11/24/baseball/japanese-baseball/hanshin-orix-victory-parades/?utm_content=buffer2d85f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #baseball #japanesebaseball #hanshintigers #orixbuffaloes #osaka #kobe #kansai

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Japan's health ministry will clamp down on a synthetic cannabis compound that was recently found in gummies that reportedly made several individuals ill after consuming them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/21/japan/crime-legal/pot-gummy-compound/?utm_content=buffer4802c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #drugs #nihonuniversity #marijuana #cbd #osaka #sendai

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Japan has long managed to keep its streets spotless despite having no trash cans in sight, but cities are now turning to "smart” bins as tourist numbers — and the amount of garbage — surges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/18/japan/science-health/japan-tourism-techy-trash-cans/?utm_content=bufferf1449&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #sciencehealth #tourism #environment #osaka

cbtryon, 6 months ago to Japan

Goodbye Ōsaka. I enjoyed your food, the “deep,” “sketchy” bar my friend took me to on that back street, and the onsen near Kōshien stadium.
Next stop: Shirahama.
#Japan #osaka #shirahama #wakayama

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Concerns have been raised over differences in the treatment of local government officials who will be mobilized for upcoming parades in the Kansai region to celebrate this year's victories by two professional baseball teams. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/14/japan/japan-baseball-local-government-workers/?utm_content=buffer7693a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #localgovernment #osaka #hyogo #japanseries #baseball #hanshintigers #orixbuffaloes

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Mexico and Estonia have withdrawn from the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Japan Expo, with rising construction costs weighing on overseas participants planning to build their own pavilions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/14/japan/osaka-expo-withdrawals/?utm_content=buffercb251&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #osakaexpo #osaka #mexio #estonia

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

A police officer used his handgun to shoot a man wielding two kitchen knives in Osaka on Monday after an altercation at an apartment building in which a woman was injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/13/japan/crime-legal/osaka-police-shooting/?utm_content=buffer0a990&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #osaka #guns

thejapantimes, 6 months ago to Japan

Mexico has conveyed to Japan that it is considering withdrawing from the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka due to potential difficulties in securing the necessary funds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/10/japan/mexico-mulling-osaka-expo-withdrawal/?utm_content=buffer40394&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #2025osakaexpo #mexico #osaka

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

While Osaka officials hope no further discussions on increasing the budget of the troubled 2025 Osaka Expo will be needed — now almost twice the original estimate — the central government has steered clear of making that promise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/09/japan/politics/osaka-expo-cost-increase/?utm_content=buffere3910&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #2025osakaexpo #inflation #constructionindustry #osaka #hirofumiyoshimura

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

Osaka erupted on Sunday night as Hanshin Tigers fans celebrated the end of a 38-year title drought, though a heavy police presence kept most revelers out of the city's Dotonbori canal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/06/japan/tigers-fans-osaka-celebrate/?utm_content=buffer47ad5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #hanshintigers #japanseries #osaka #orixbuffaloes

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

Popular South Korean performer DJ Soda dropped a case against three audience members over their alleged groping during a performance in Japan, saying that they had expressed remorse. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/03/japan/dj-soda-groping-case-settle/?utm_content=buffercf68f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #djsoda #osaka #groping #sexcrimes #japanesepolice

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to Japan

The government announced on Thursday that it has approved the projected ¥235 billion cost for constructing the venue for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/11/02/japan/politics/osaka-expo-budget/?utm_content=bufferd8c24&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #2025osakaexpo #inflation #constructionindustry #osaka

thejapantimes, 7 months ago to baseball

As the Japan Series progresses, there remains a yawning gap in support, enthusiasm and attention paid to the two Kansai teams playing — the Tigers and the Buffaloes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/10/30/baseball/japanese-baseball/hanshin-orix-fans/?utm_content=bufferb4173&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #baseball #japanesebaseball #orixbuffaloes #hanshintigers #japanseries #kansai #osaka #hyogo