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Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
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1939
3.1.1939
A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94.
1940
1.29.1940
Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed.
1964
10.1.1964
Japanese ''Shinkansen'' ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.