TOKYO -- Japan's third-largest city, Osaka, was briefly the country's capital at the end of the 16th century, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a famous samurai lord, unified the war-torn country. Since then, Osaka has been eclipsed by Tokyo, its larger sibling 400 km to the east.
Nobuyuki Baba, a native of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, is a main architect of the Japan's Innovation Party's strategy. (Source photos by Tomoki Mera and Jiji)
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