Since the end of the Showa era, Osaka has been a city of little change. In the past, when talking about cities in Japan, Osaka often came up alongside Tokyo. The first intercity highways, high-speed trains and Shinkansen are open between Tokyo and Osaka. At that time, it was a major artery for the flow of people and goods between the two cities. Compared to other regional centers, it feels shabby, but what is the reason? After the bubble burst in the latter half of the 1990s, companies with dual headquarters in Osaka and Tokyo gradually left Osaka. Unlike the regional center cities, the Osaka office no longer functions as […]