OSAKA--Moss that has long covered the faces of two stone statues at Hozenji temple here and that has been cherished and nurtured by visitors was removed by a man who admitted to the action, sources ...

The complex in Osaka’s Chuo Ward is set to open to the public on November 26. The Candeo Hotels Osaka Shinsaibashi, a 15-story high-rise hotel, opened its doors to reporters on October 11, with its ...

OSAKA--In a rare partnership, Mitsutera temple here will physically merge with a large hotel in an attempt to pass down the temple to posterity. A decline in parishioner numbers and an increasing ...

OSAKA -- Booming inbound Japan tourism is set to produce an unconventional architectural combination: a Western-style hotel and a Buddhist temple. Detached house-builder Sekisui House and railway and ...

TAKARAZUKA, Japan (AP) — With its bullet trains, electronic toilets that warm, clean and dry, and hyper-efficient delivery systems that bring online orders to the doorstep within hours, it’s easy to ...

Japan’s biggest island is home to so many of the country’s popular highlights that the classic tour has become known as Japan ...

OSAKA -- A history-rich Buddhist temple here is undergoing a rebirth, in a project to integrate the site with a high-rise hotel. A representative for the company leading the project released details ...