The Osaka Project aims to explore future directions of new city culture by comparing the histories of city cultures. We will work on subjects such as social relationships, spatial structure, city cultures, and the network between cities by examining Japanese cities and western/Asian cities. Faculty members have had many academic forum discussions; COE faculty staff have made presentations of their academic achievements. We also carry out the data collection of ancient documents and academic-document database creation

Major research achievements

• From Naniwa Palace to Osaka City, A4, 170p., March 2004(in Japanese)
• Vol. 3 Social Cohesion in Modern Cities in East Asia: Existing Forms of Ranks and Classes, Toru Inoue &Takashi Tsukada ed., 338p., Seibundo Publishing Co., March 2005(in Japanese)
• Urban Culture of Modern Osaka, A4, 130p., March 2005(in Japanese)
• Historical Heritage and Urban-cultural Creativity from Osaka to the World -, A4, 142 pages, Dec. 2003.(in Japanese)
• Historical Heritage and Urban-cultural Creativity II from Osaka to the World -, A4, 160 pages, Mar. 2005. (in Japanese)
• Community development for all citizens to live in Itabashi 2004 (statistical report) (Nov. 2004) (in Japanese)
• Historical Bibliography of Urban Osaka (in Japanese)