is one of 24

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. It is in the west of central Osaka ("Nishi" means "west"), and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, and was not regenerated until the mid-1960s.Nishi Ward Official Website
- "Ward Overview", retrieved 10 September 2007 (dead link now )

Governments and International organizations

;Local government *Osaka city, Nishi ward office (at near Metro

Nishi-Nagahori Station is a railway station on the Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and Sennichimae Line in Nishi-ku, Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefec ...

) ;Consulate *Chinese Consulate (at near Metro Awaza Station)

Culture

*Central Osaka Library (near Metro

) *

Utsubo Park is a large public, urban park, situated at Utsubo-Hommachi in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan. The park was constructed at the site of a former air field of the United States Army, so the land is a long rectangle shape characteristic of a runway (700m ...

* Kyocera Dome Osaka baseball stadium

Economy

Several companies have their headquarters in the ward:

Toyo Tire & Rubber Company , commonly known as Toyo Tires, is a tire and rubber products company based in Itami, Japan. History The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United States as ''Toyo Tire USA Corporation''. In 1999, ''Nitto Tire Nor ...

in the Edobori area and NTN Corporation in the Kyomachibori area. Konica Minolta has its Osaka office in the ward. Several airlines have offices in Nishi-ku, among them: * China Southern Airlines, on the first floor of the Shinanobashi Mitsui Building (信濃橋三井ビル ''Shinanobashi Mitsui Biru''). *

China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (), also known as China Eastern, is an airline headquartered in the China Eastern Airlines Building, on the grounds of Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Changning District, Shanghai. It is ...

in the Higobashi Lucent Building's (肥後橋ルーセントビル ''Higobashi Rūsento Biru'') first floor. *

Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company, ma ...

on the fifth floor of the Century Building in Nishi-ku.

Diplomatic missions

The Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Osaka is located in Nishi-ku.

Education

Osaka YMCA International High School is located in Nishi-ku.Home
(English). Osaka YMCA International High School. Retrieved on November 3, 2015. "Osaka YMCA International High School 550-0001 1-5-6 Tosabori Nishi-ku Osaka City, Osaka Japan"

References

External links

Official website of Nishi Ward
Wards of Osaka {{Osaka-geo-stub