Fire Near Osaka’s Tsutenkaku Tower

The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:07 JST, January 9, 2026

OSAKA — A passerby made an emergency call, reporting that smoke was rising at a building in Naniwa Ward, Osaka, around 10:35 a.m. on Friday.

The Osaka Municipal Fire Department is conducting firefighting operations.

The scene is near Tsutenkaku Tower and a shopping street that is about 200 meters south of Ebisucho Station.