OSAKA -- It is a scene to which Osakans have become accustomed: tourists, mostly from South Korea and China, snapping selfies in front of the city's storied Glico "running man" billboard. Now there is real concern those visitors might head elsewhere, angered by a political move Osaka felt obliged to make.
After six decades, Osaka recently decided to end its sister-city relationship with San Francisco, after the U.S. partner accepted a private donation of a "comfort women" statue. The Japanese city has yet to send a formal notification, but it is all but a fait accompli.
