For the first Banyan Tree hotel in Japan, the international hospitality group could not have chosen a better location: the Higashiyama outpost neighbours the venerated Kiyomizu-dera temple, and ...

Wallpaper’s Ellie Stathaki delves into what defined the 2025 ... the Frick Collection’s reimagining by Selldorf Architects in New York; the 2025 Expo Osaka; ; and Jean Nouvel’s new Fondation Cartier ...

Local regulations already ban smoking while walking in most places in Japan, but opposition from some lawmakers has prevented strict national laws. From April, the wider Osaka region will prohibit ...

One of Japan’s biggest cities is “beautifying” itself ahead of hosting the World Expo — not by planting flowers, but by banning cigarettes. Osaka will soon host Expo 2025, which runs from ...

The Osaka-Kansai Expo’s designers presented the global resonance thematic project to the world’s elite at a special event during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Outlined as “a powerful ...

Before Monday, smoking was banned in six zones including the area around Osaka station. This has been expanded to the whole ...

Osaka is in the middle of a hotel boom leading up to the World Expo, which takes place between April and October 2025. One of ...

Naomi Osaka of Japan during her round 1 match against Caroline Garcia of France during the 2025 Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Monday, January 13, 2025. / IMAGO / AAP There is no ...

There was no hiding Naomi Osaka's joy -- and relief -- on Wednesday. After dropping the first set in spectacular fashion to No. 20 seed Karolina Muchova, Osaka stormed back for her biggest victory ...

On January 21, 2025, in Osaka, Japan, @eightyfive85ef shared a video of a large fire breaking out near the famous tourist landmark, Tsutenkaku Tower. The video captures smoke rising into the sky as ...