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Police, volunteers give away warm clothes to day laborers

OSAKA, Japan - Police officers give away warm clothes to day laborers in the Airin district of Osaka's Nishinari Ward on Dec. 9, 2014 in an annual campaign. A local group comprising the Nishinari Police Station, residents and volunteers have collected some 2,000 clothing items donated from across the nation for the day's event.

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Cheaper day laborers' inns in Osaka attract foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - A tourist information center opens in the Airin district in Osaka's Nishinari Ward, known as a day laborers' area, on Jan. 26 through Feb. 27. Accomodations in the district have been used by day laborers for an average 3,000 yen a day, but in recent years, the facilities have attracted foreign tourists looking for cheaper lodging places.

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Fires break out in 3 locations in western Japan, 3 dead

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters prepare to fight a fire that broke out around noon on Jan. 18, burning three wooden buildings over an area of about 650 square meters in a densely populated residential area of Osaka's Nishinari Ward.

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Fires break out in 3 locations in western Japan, 3 dead

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a fire burning a wooden apartment building in a densely populated residential area of Osaka's Nishinari Ward at 1:31 p.m. on Jan. 18. The fire broke out around noon on the day, burning three wooden buildings over an area of about 650 square meters.

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World's oldest active conductor Asahina dies at 93

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Takashi Asahina, the world's oldest active conductor, who died of natural causes Dec. 29 at a Kobe hospital at the age of 93. Asahina, shown here conducting the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra at a rehearsal in Osaka's Philharmonic Hall in Nishinari Ward in July 2001, was invited to perform with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996.

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World's oldest active conductor Asahina dies at 93

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Takashi Asahina, the world's oldest active conductor, who died of natural causes Dec. 29 at a Kobe hospital at the age of 93. Asahina, shown here conducting the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra at a rehearsal in Osaka's Philharmonic Hall in Nishinari Ward in July 2001, was invited to perform with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996.

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Cheaper day laborers' inns in Osaka attract foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - A tourist information center opens in the Airin district in Osaka's Nishinari Ward, known as a day laborers' area, on Jan. 26 through Feb. 27. Accomodations in the district have been used by day laborers for an average 3,000 yen a day, but in recent years, the facilities have attracted foreign tourists looking for cheaper lodging places. (Kyodo)

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Fires break out in 3 locations in western Japan, 3 dead

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters prepare to fight a fire that broke out around noon on Jan. 18, burning three wooden buildings over an area of about 650 square meters in a densely populated residential area of Osaka's Nishinari Ward. (Kyodo)

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Fires break out in 3 locations in western Japan, 3 dead

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a fire burning a wooden apartment building in a densely populated residential area of Osaka's Nishinari Ward at 1:31 p.m. on Jan. 18. The fire broke out around noon on the day, burning three wooden buildings over an area of about 650 square meters. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

A man wearing a face mask plays pachinko at a pachinko parlor in Osaka's Nishinari Ward on April 8, 2020, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus after an alarming growth in cases in urban areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

People form a long line outside a pachinko parlor in Osaka's Nishinari Ward on April 8, 2020, although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures the previous day to curb the spread of the new coronavirus after an alarming growth in cases in urban areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo