Yodobashi plans to go deeper into hock to develop an enormous site in the centre of Osaka.

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When tourists leave Tokyo, they tend to go for the traditional cities often found on the covers of the guidebooks, Osaka and Kyoto, and with good reason.

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She says she will not go head-to-head with the shinkansen (though her airline will fly between Tokyo and Osaka).

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