Osaka is the historical commercial capital of Japan and is still one of Japan's major industrial centers and ports, the heart of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area, which has a population of 18,644,000.
Osaka was for a long time Japan's most important economic center with a large percentage of the population belonging to the merchant class (see Four divisions of society).
Osaka is known for bunraku (traditional puppet theatre) and kabuki theatre, and for manzai, a more contemporary form of stand-up comedy.
The Hotel Hanshin, Osaka, Japan, is conveniently located on the western edge of the Umeda district, beside the Fukushima station, and just twenty minutes from Osaka Itami Airport.
A distinctive feature of the Hotel Hanshin is the wide selection of dining options available to guests, including the Street Caf?, Hanaza, Nen, Peking, and the Caballero bar which between them offer Japanese, Chinese, Classic American, and international cuisines.
Situated on the JR Loop Line, the Hotel Hanshin offers ideal access to the local area attractions of the Umeda and Kitashinchi districts of Osaka.
Dezember verhaftete die Polizei von Osaka den (mit den meisten Stimmen gewählten) Stadtrat von Kadoma im Bezirk Osaka (und örtlichen Gewerkschaftsvorsitzenden) Hisayoshi Toda unter dem Vorwurf er habe (verbotenerweise) als einzelner Politiker Geld für seinen Wahlkampf von einer Organisation (der Bauarbeitergewerkschaft) bekommen.
In the evening of December 9, the Security Department of the Osaka Prefectural Police arrested Mr.
TODA Hisayoshi, city council member of Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture, and the president of Solidarity Union of Japan Construction and Transport Workers Kinki District, on a charge of violation of the Political Fund Control Law.
The effects of branched-chain amino acid-enriched elemental diet in patients with biliary atresia
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 1-1-50 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553, Japan.
Supplemental administrations of ED-H, branched-chain amino acid (BCAA)-enriched elemental diet for hepatic disorder, were performed in 10 postoperative biliary atresia (BA) patients.
Shoulder and Sports Medicine Service, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shigeto Nakagawa, MD, PhD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Hospital, 3-1-56 Mandai-higashi, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 558-8558, Japan
Kenji Okamura, MD Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Minoru Yoneda, MD, PhD, Department of Sports Medicine, Osaka Kosei-nenkin Hospital, 4-2-78 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 553-0003, Japan
M. Yoneda, S. Nakagawa, K. Hayashida, S. Fukushima, and S. Wakitani
Ultrasonographically assessed carotid atherosclerosis in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients: Role of nonesterified fatty acids.
Taniguchi A, Nakai Y, Fukushima M, Teramura S, Hayashi R, Hama K, Marumoto K, Watanabe T, Yoshioka I, Sakaguchi K, Kishimoto H, Matsushita K, Okumura T, Tokuyama K, Nagasaka S, Sakai M. Division of Diabetes, Kansai-Denryoku Hospital, 2-1-7 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 553-0003, Japan.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association of carotid atherosclerosis (intimal-medial thickness [IMT] in plaque-free segments and carotid stenosis in plaque segments) with serum nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) in diabetic and nondiabeti c patients.
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SO - Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2000;21(6):555-9 AD - Gynaecological Oncology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
SO - Breast Cancer 2000;7(4):302-6 AD - Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka Kosei-Nenkin Hospital, 4-2-78 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553-0003, Japan.
AB - BACKGROUND: it is well known that breast cancer patients with more than 10 axillary lymph nodes involved have poor prognosis even with extensive adjuvant chemotherapy.
Formulation R and D Laboratories (T.I., M.I, K.H., Y.T.) and Discovery Research Laboratories II (K.M., T.M.), Shionogi and Co., Ltd., Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553, Japan
oil was from Maruishi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan)
Send reprint requests to: Dr. Teruhisa Ichihashi, Formulation R and D Laboratories, Shionogi and Co., Ltd., Fukushima-ku, Osaka 553, Japan.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan;
Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Oncology, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan;
Thymic nurse cells are known to interact with T cells and play a role in their functional maturation.
Thought to be be dead because of plane accident, they proved to the Filipino fans that they are alive and well, able to relive the CASCADES FEVER in the 60s.
Beside the Philippines, they are also scheduled to hold concerts in Taipei, Osaka, Los Angeles, New York and Paris!
SO ALL YOU FANS OUT THERE, BE READY TO CATCH THE CASCADES FEVER!