OSAKA--A whale affectionally dubbed "Yodo-chan" that was spotted in Osaka Bay near the mouth of the Yodogawa river was confirmed dead on Jan. 13. Yasunobu Nabeshima, 69, a visiting researcher at ...

OSAKA--An 8-meter-long whale has remained in Osaka Bay near the mouth of the Yodogawa river, more than 30 hours after it was first reported there. The whale has been nicknamed “Yodo-chan” on ...

As a consort to the late TaikÅ and the only one to bear him a child, she wields significant political influence in Osaka" (via FX). As history would have it, Yodo-no-kata would spearhead the ...