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Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka

one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ985765 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nishiyodogawa (西淀川区, Nishiyodogawa-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.

Education

It has a North Korean school, Osaka Fukushima Korean Elementary School (大阪福島朝鮮初級学校).

Economy

Nishoyodogawa has the headquarters of Ezaki Glico and Daifuku.

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The public source identifies “Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka” as one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka and wards.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 34-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1925-04-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka and wards providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.