Osaka

:This article is for the city of Osaka. For information about the anime/manga character named Osaka, see Azumanga Daioh.

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Osaka City (Japanese: 大阪市, Ōsaka-shi, ) is the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2.7 million. However, its daytime (9am?5pm) population is second in Japan after Tokyo.

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The city is located on the main island of Honshu, at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay (in the Kansai region). It is one of Japan's major industrial centers and ports, as well as the capital of Osaka Prefecture and a central part of the Osaka?Kobe?Kyoto metropolitan area, which has a population of 17,510,000.

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