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NHK Osaka in 2015. The NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station (NHK大阪放送局, NHK Osaka Hoso Kyoku) is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in both Osaka Prefecture and five other prefectures of the Kansai region. It is also the main station under the jurisdiction of NHK's Kansai region.
The 2023 Osaka mayoral election was held on 9 April 2023 as part of the 20th unified local elections to elect the next mayor of Osaka. [1] Incumbent mayor Ichiro Matsui decided not to seek a second term as mayor of Osaka, opting to retire from politics at the end of his term.
Osaka contains numerous urban canals and bridges, many of which serve as the namesake for their surrounding neighborhoods. [54] The phrase "808 bridges of Naniwa" was an expression in old Japan used to indicate impressiveness and the "uncountable". Osaka numbered roughly 200 bridges by the Edo period [55] and 1,629 bridges by 1925. As many of ...
Osaka’s “danjiri matsuri,” or float festivals, are considered one of the most dangerous events on Japan’s festival calendar. Here’s why.
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1966 – Fuji News Network (FNN) was formed. 1970 – Fuji Network System (FNS) was formed. 1982 – Kansai TV hosted the first Osaka Women's Marathon. 1992 – Kansai TV opened Lemon Studio in Tokyo. October 1, 1997 – Kansai TV moved the headquarters from Nishi-Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka to Ogimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka. While its old Nishi-Temma ...
Hideyuki Yokoyama (横山 英幸, Yokoyama Hideyuki, born 13 May 1981) is a Japanese economist and politician who has served as the incumbent mayor of Osaka since 9 April 2023. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University with a degree in economics in 2004 and began a career under the Osaka prefectural government immediately.