Defence fund draws record 560 applications, including first grants to 11 universities
The Defense Ministry's security technology research program received more than 500 proposals for fiscal 2026, with universities accounting for 291 of them.
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Defendant in Osaka schoolchildren car attack refuses to speak at trial opening
Yuki Yazawa, 30, told the Osaka District Court he will keep silent so his words cannot harm the injured children, and that he does not seek a lighter sentence.
Defendant in Osaka schoolchildren hit-and-run case stays silent at first hearing
A 30-year-old man accused of attempted murder over a car attack on seven children walking home in Nishinari Ward declined to speak at his first trial session.
Man accused of driving into 7 schoolchildren tells Osaka court he will not seek leniency
Yuki Yazawa, 30, did not enter a plea at the first hearing of his attempted-murder trial over the 2025 incident in Nishinari, telling the court he would remain silent and wanted no reduction in sentence.
Osaka restaurant family ordered out after visa renewal refused despite meeting new rules
A Chinese family running a Shanghai restaurant near Umeda was told to leave Japan within 30 days after immigration rejected their manager visa renewal, even though they met the tightened criteria.
Super Maradona's Takechi on quitting alcohol: "Do comedy, or fall apart"
The 48-year-old comic says he drank for 20 years, ignored his doctor's orders for four more, and once nearly drowned after falling asleep in the bath.
Betty, veteran Osaka show pub mama and pioneer of Japan's new-half culture, dies at 74
The owner of Betty no Mayonnaise was mourned by Kansai entertainers including Heel Momoko and Haruna Ai; the pub said it will keep operating.
Yamamoto Mona on playing up her femininity to survive 1990s TV
The former announcer, who passed the bar exam at 50, recalls a 20s spent fitting in and the career turn that came at 29.
Osaka metropolis plan projects ¥50bn annual surplus across four special wards
The design council's fiscal simulation covers the first 10 years after Osaka city is abolished, and ward names are settled.
newmo and KDDI tie up to launch self-driving taxis in Sakai by 2028
The Tokyo startup plans to start paid service in Osaka Prefecture with a driver on board at first, and eventually roll the system out to taxi firms nationwide.
Woman who survived a joint suicide is spared prison and tells an Osaka court she should have found a way for the two of them to live
The Osaka District Court sentenced a woman in her 50s to three years in prison, suspended for four, after she killed her long-term partner at his request. She had wanted to die since her teens. He had wanted to live.
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