Commentary | COUNTERPOINT Feb 24, 2013

Osaka: Japan's latterday second city forever breaks the national mold

by Roger Pulvers

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.