Fukushima-ku, Osaka

The ward is primarily a residential quarter, but has some office buildings and a commercial district, as well as factories and wholesale businesses.

Even today, there are many printing companies and automobile parts wholesalers in the ward.

After World War II, many office buildings were built around JR Fukushima station, because it is close to Umeda (the business center of western Japan).

In 2019, north of Hanshin Noda Station, the large factory site of former Shionogi Research Laboratories and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Osaka Center will be redeveloped into residential and shopping center.

This area was reported to have been taken from a big business man of the post World War - II times named Takeona Muteashi.