Editing Osaka (section)

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan}}
[[File:Osakatowernight.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tsūtenkaku]], a symbol of Osaka's postwar reconstruction]]

===Sister cities===
Osaka is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref name=sisters>{{cite web |title=The City of Osaka's International Network|url=https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/keizaisenryaku/english/international_network.html|website=city.osaka.lg.jp|publisher=Osaka|access-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415203553/https://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents/wdu020/keizaisenryaku/english/international_network.html|archive-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref>
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* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]], France (since May 1984)
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Birmingham]], [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]], [[England]], United Kingdom (since March 1990)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]] Canada (since June 1994)
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], [[Masovian Voivodeship]], Poland (since March 1996)
* {{flagicon|UK}} [[Manchester]], [[North West England]], [[England]], United Kingdom (since August 2008)
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* {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Aksaray]], Turkey
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States (since November 1973)
* {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Hamburg]], Germany (since May 1989)
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]], France (since May 1984)
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia (since April 1978)
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Milan]], [[Lombardy]], Italy (since June 1981)
* {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia (since August 1979)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States (former partnership, October 1957–October 2018)
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[São Paulo]], Brazil (since October 1969)
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]], China (since April 1974)
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada (since June 1994)
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===Friendship cooperation cities===
Osaka also cooperates with:<ref name=sisters/>
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest]], Hungary (1998)
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Busan]], South Korea (2008)
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina (1998)
* {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Dnipro]], Ukraine (2022)
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle]], United States

===Business partner cities===
Osaka's business partner cities, mostly in the [[Asia-Pacific]] region, are:<ref name=sisters/>
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* {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland]], New Zealand
* {{flagicon|THA}} [[Bangkok]], Thailand
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia
* {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Hamburg]], Germany
* {{flagicon|VNM}} [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
* {{flagicon|HKG}} [[Hong Kong]], China
* {{flagicon|INA}} [[Jakarta]], Indonesia
* {{flagicon|MYS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States
* {{flagicon|PHL}} [[Manila]], Philippines
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Seoul]], South Korea
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]], China
* {{flagicon|SGP}} [[Singapore]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tianjin]], China
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===Sister ports===
Osaka's sister ports are:<ref name=sisters/>
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* {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Port of Busan]], South Korea
* {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Port of Le Havre]], France
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Port of Melbourne]], Australia
* {{flagicon|VNM}} [[Saigon Port]], Vietnam
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Port of San Francisco]], United States
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Port of Shanghai]] (friendship port treaty)
* {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Port of Valencia]], Spain
* {{flagicon|CHL}} [[Valparaiso|Port of Valparaiso]], Chile

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