Osaka Headed to Second Referendum
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 12, 2019.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on May 12, 2019.
A roundup of the most significant news stories from Japan reported on April 22, 2019.
Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, is the 14th largest city in Japan by population, and it has a distinguished history. There is evidence of civilized habitation here going back the 5th century; and Sakai played a notable role as a mercantile hub since medieval times. Sakai was the hometown of Sen no Rikyu, the renowned master of the Japanese tea ceremony. In the 16th century Sakai produced the bulk of Japan’s firearms, and when the warlord Nobunaga Oda decided that he needed to control Sakai and its firearms directly, and attempted to squelch the city’s independence, the locals rebelled.