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Osaka

(Encyclopedia)Osaka ōˈsäkä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,623,801), capital of Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay, at the mouth of the Yodo River. One of Japan's largest cities and principal industrial a...

Edo

(Encyclopedia)Edo: see Tokyo, Japan.

Hondo

(Encyclopedia)Hondo: see Honshu, Japan.

Hiogo

(Encyclopedia)Hiogo: see Kobe, Japan.

Hokushu

(Encyclopedia)Hokushu: see Hokkaido, Japan.

Hakata

(Encyclopedia)Hakata: see Fukuoka, Japan.

Naniwa

(Encyclopedia)Naniwa: see Osaka, Japan.

Moji

(Encyclopedia)Moji: see Kitakyushu, Japan.

Keihin

(Encyclopedia)Keihin: see Yokohama, Japan.

Kokura

(Encyclopedia)Kokura: see Kitakyushu, Japan.