CARL COURT / GETTY IMAGES / AFP A chapter of Osaka's history is about to close. The Kamagasaki district, in the south of the major port city, which long housed Japan's largest 'day-labor market ...

In Kyoto, tourists flock to the picturesque Gion district to glimpse Geisha clip-clopping along cobbled streets. It's one of the most photographed parts of the ancient capital. But now the people ...