The backrests on passenger seats are taller to provide comfort. For the first time on an Osaka Metro subway train, the 400 series has some cross seats at the windows. Security cameras will allow ...

With a long history as Japan's mercantile heart and major port of call, Osaka is dense and delightfully in your face. Now, as ...

Maeda Takahiro at Osaka Metro, the company that operates the vehicles, said, "We'd like people to experience at least a little of what the future holds for autonomous driving." A monitor shows ...

One such initiative is being spearheaded by Osaka Metro Adera Co. In March ... the service has attracted around 400 customers in peak months. According to tour organizers, there is a growing ...

TOKYO -- A fire broke out in a wooden two-story apartment building early Sunday in Nishinari Ward of Japan's Osaka, leaving two dead, local media reported. A resident alerted the fire department just ...

The subway, vital to city living. But after around 40 years, most Osaka Metro subway cars are scrapped. Thanks to two creators, a new upcycling project is underway.

Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control in about an hour, but two apartment buildings, covering a total area of approximately 400 square ... Station on the Osaka Metro.