{
  "id": 327601,
  "title": "Osaka Adopts Plan to Create 4 Wards under Metropolis Project",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/osaka-adopts-plan-to-create-4-wards-under-metropolis-project",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T06:36:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026080700987/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Osaka, Aug. 8 (Jiji Press)--The prefectural and municipal governments of Osaka, western Japan, have adopted a plan to realign the prefectural capital's current 24 wards into four special wards under the so-called Osaka metropolis administrative reform project. The decision was made at Friday's meeting of the statutory committee on the realignment project, held at the Osaka municipal governm...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}