They¡¯re funny, finicky and feisty, not to mention being full of wicked mischief, with their own way of talking, too. Outside of Japan, think of Liverpool, not London; or Munich, not Berlin; or Mumbai, not Delhi. I¡¯m talking about the people of Osaka.
Before World War II, Osaka, the port city in the heart of the Kansai region, was a commercial powerhouse and media center. But they say that during the war soldiers from Osaka were consistently at the back as a regiment raced up a hill. That¡¯s pragmatism!
After the war, Tokyo looked one-eyed straight to the United States. It still does. Osaka set its sights on Asia and Europe ... anywhere a profitable deal could be done ¡ª and damn the ideology.
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