A street in the red light district of Japan’s Osaka has been painted in yellow and decorated with murals to curb prostitution. The Kita Ward, which is known for illicit activities like ...

a symbol of Osaka in the Shinsekai district in Naniwa Ward, has changed according to the alert level as requested by the prefectural government. At 8 p.m. on Dec. 3, the tower was lit up in red ...

Under the Osaka prefectural government’s standards on the coronavirus situation, the most serious stage, requiring the issuance of a “red alert,” is reached when 70 percent of beds for those ...