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OSAKA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 25, 2020
Osaka court rejects retrial over Wakayama curry poisoning murders
The Osaka High Court has rejected a retrial petition by an inmate who was sentenced to death for murdering four and sickening over 60 others in 1998, by poisoning curry served at a festival in Wakayama Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2020
Coronavirus death toll rises to 49 in Japan
Five people are reported to have passed away from complications related to COVID-19.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Mar 23, 2020
Teens can sharpen their cooking skills with Japanese recipes
When older kids become a little reluctant to hang out with the parents, enticing them out with food often works, and what better way than with a cooking class, where everyone can eat the results of an educational day out.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 21, 2020
Infections in Osaka and Hyogo projected to hit 3,300 by April 3
The health ministry sees coronavirus patients in the two neighboring prefectures spiking to 3,374 between March 28 and April 3.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2020
Governors advise halt to weekend trips between Osaka and Hyogo amid virus fears
Nonessential travel between Osaka and Hyogo prefectures should be avoided during the long weekend amid the spread of the new coronavirus, their governors said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2020
Virus outbreak traced to Osaka music clubs appears to be over
Coronavirus infections linked to four live music venues in Osaka appear to be over as no new cases among visitors have been reported for a week, local authorities said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2020
Free school lunches to start year early in Osaka due to coronavirus
Osaka city approved a plan Wednesday that will make it the first major city in Japan to offer free school lunches to all students at municipal elementary and junior high schools, as part of its economic measures to ease the burden on parents in the wake of the spread of COVID-19.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2020
Osaka eyes offering free school meals starting in April amid virus spread
Osaka plans to offer free lunch meals for all students at municipally run elementary and junior high schools starting April amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Ichiro Matsui said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Mar 14, 2020
The 1970 Osaka Expo: Looking back at the past to gauge where Japan sits in the present
The 1970 Osaka Expo laid down a bold statement about Japan's future. Fifty years later, has the country been able to live up to its promises?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2020
Osaka parents get 13 years for daughter's decadelong confinement and death
The Osaka District Court sentenced a couple to 13 years in prison Thursday for confining their eldest daughter, who had schizophrenia, for over 10 years and letting her freeze to death.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 11, 2020
Spreading clusters of coronavirus cases worry Japan's local governments
While the national government drive forward legal revisions to allow the declaration of a national emergency over the COVID-19 virus as early as this week, local governments are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of the novel coronavirus in so-called clusters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 5, 2020
Magazine faces 'Big Issue dilemma' as Japan's homeless ranks shrink
Teruo Irishima, a homeless man from Nara Prefecture, earns a living by selling The Big Issue Japan, a magazine published around the world to give people in situations like his a leg up in life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2020
Hokkaido coronavirus patient dies, bringing Japan's toll to 12
A Hokkaido man in his 70s has died after being infected with COVID-19, the local government said Sunday, bringing the domestic death toll to 12.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 29, 2020
Japan Times 1995: Terror strikes subways during morning rush hour
The nerve gas sarin, planted on packed commuter subway trains in Tokyo during the morning rush hour Monday, killed six people and injured nearly 3,230 others in what police said was attempted mass murder.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 29, 2020
Osaka police seize 5,800 bike seats, arrest man in theft case
Osaka Prefectural Police have seized about 5,800 bicycle seats from a rental storage facility and arrested a truck driver on theft charges.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 26, 2020
Bamboo crafts: Woven into Japan's art history
The Abbey Collection takes viewers through a modern history of bamboo crafting, from its late recognition as fine art in the 19th century to the elaborate artistic creations of today.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2020
Peruvian whose arm was broken at Osaka immigration bureau sues Japan
A Japanese Peruvian sued the state on Thursday, alleging that security guards broke his arm while detaining him at the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau in 2017.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2020
Moritomo Gakuen couple in Abe cronyism scandal found guilty of fraud
The former head of a nationalist school operator and his wife were found guilty of receiving u00a556.4 million in government subsidies illegally for the construction of an elementary school.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2020
'United by Emotion' selected as Tokyo 2020 motto
"United by Emotion" was revealed as the motto for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics on Monday as organizers look to hammer home the message of diversity and inclusion.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 17, 2020
Osaka referendum: Merger gets second chance, but are voters on board?
Five years after voters in the city of Osaka narrowly voted down a referendum on consolidating its 24 wards into five with more autonomy and eliminating the municipal assembly and mayor, another referendum is set for later this year.

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