Editing Osaka (section)

===Keihanshin region===
Osaka is part of the [[metropolitan region]] called [[Keihanshin]] (also known as Greater Osaka) in the [[Kansai region]]. The Keihanshin region includes the prefectures of [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]] ([[Kobe]]), [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]], and [[Sakai, Osaka|Sakai]].<ref name="stats-boj">{{cite web |publisher= Statistics Bureau of Japan |url=https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/files?page=1&layout=datalist&toukei=00200521&tstat=000001080615&cycle=0&tclass1=000001110216&second=1&second2=1& |title=2015 Census Final Data}}</ref> The Keihanshin region has a population ({{As of|2015|lc=y}}) of 19,303,000 (15% of Japan's population) which covers {{convert|13,228|km2|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="japan2">{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/handbook/pdf/2019all.pdf |title=Table 2.10 Population of Three Major Metropolitan Areas |publisher=Statistics Bureau of Japan |page=21|access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> It is ranked the second most [[largest Japanese metropolitan areas|urban region in Japan]] after the [[Greater Tokyo area]] and 10th [[List of urban areas by population|largest urban area in the world]].<ref name="japan2"/> Keihanshin has a GDP of approximately $953.9 billion in 2012 (16th largest in the world).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP|title=Countries Compared by Economy > GDP. International Statistics at NationMaster.com|website=www.nationmaster.com|accessdate=February 23, 2025}}</ref> Osaka-Kobe has a [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] of $681 billion (2015), which is a bit more than [[Paris]] or [[Greater London]].<ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/research/redefining-global-cities/ Brookings Institution report 2015], retrieved August 23, 2015</ref><gallery mode="nolines" widths="220" heights="220">
File:Osaka Metropolitan Employment Area 2015.png|Greater Osaka (without Kyoto) [[Urban Employment Area|Metropolitan Employment Area]]
File:Keihanshin MEAs 2015.png|Keihanshin with [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] (red), [[Kobe Prefecture|Kobe]] (green), and [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] (blue)
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