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 ...

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 ...

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.