“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

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You have not lived until you’ve experienced Yoko Ono shaking the foundations of an IMAX theater with her primal screams. Scottish director Kevin Macdonald—the documentarian behind Touching the ...

A startup launched at Osaka University announced Tuesday that it has applied for government approval to commercially sell heart muscle cell sheets developed using induced pluripotent stem (iPS ...

The only thing brighter than Myaku Myaku's smile was the springtime Osaka sun as the 2025 World Expo opened its doors to members of the media and other invited guests on Wednesday on the human ...

In the early 1970s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono fled their London-area mansion for New York City's Greenwich Village neighbourhood. Having begun a metamorphosis into revolutionary artists with the ...

Days before the official opening ceremony of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, on April 13, the final push is on to make sure a mammoth event that brings together 158 countries and regions from around the ...

The Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan venue with the giant wooden roof called the "Grand Ring" is seen on Yumeshima island in Osaka's Konohana Ward in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun ...

Yoko. He is initially suspicious of the two, which makes for some intense scenes as he tries everything in his power to drive them out of Osaka. But The Fable eventually wins him over with his ...

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 ...

Nestled in the Senboku Hills of Sakai City, just under an hour from central Osaka, Harvest Hill is a sprawling, family-friendly destination brimming with seasonal fun, adventure and culinary delights.

(Mainichi/Ririko Maeda) Osaka University Professor Emeritus Yoshiki Sawa, the executive producer of the exhibit, expressed his hopes that seeing the heart "will help people realize the importance ...