Ramada Osaka to close by year's end
According to an Asahi news article (currently no English story available), the Ramada Osaka will close down by year's end, due to the deterioration of the building and the prohibitive costs of renovation.
The building opened as the Toyo Hotel in 1969, and at one point was one of the three main hotels of Osaka, but has fallen on hard times since the financial collapse of 2008.