enterprises powered by savvy osaka merchant firms. look up in the sky, its a's the legendary osaka power pot. business legends, the osaka way. >> i have to admit. >> yes. >> i thought those precut vegetables at the supermarket were being chopped up by hand somewhere in a pack. >> let's welcome today's guest, keieki sasaki, president of yoshii zumy corporation. please join us. thank you for coming. >> welcome. >> nice to be here. >> your machines can cut up anything in any way? >> that's right. whatever people eat gets cut up, anything at all, our machines can cut it up. >> wow. >> wow. so whenever we eat out, we're probably benefiting from their food slicers. >> yeah, even today. you're probably eating something that was cut by our machines. >> really? i never knew. today's first power pot point is pro technique. it's all in the angle. >> sasaki's company is based in osaka prefecture. first, he takes us on a tour of the showroom. >> all these machines are amazing. >> yes. >> so far the company has developed more than 60 kinds of food

the creator lives in osaka, western japan.he uses flash software, which allows her to create the series at home. making the characters move is easy. all she has to do is draw a line. the character then moves along the path of the line. for gestures, she just sets the start and end points and the speed. she even does the voices herself. oshima used to work as a children's clothing designer. but a year and a half, she started making a living with her animation and left the company. >> translator: i didn't expect this to happen. it started out only as a hobby. >> reporter: van works operates a waebt that showcases flash animation like oshima's. it was founded five years ago and sales have increaseded to more than $3 million a year. the firm seeks out promising animators. so far it helped nearly 100 people make their professional debuts. >> translator: people who watch anime are now creating them. we're trying to help as many amateurs as possible become professional. >> reporter: the web firm is now looking to expand. a major publ

hear, it began with our first sister city in the osaka in 1957, 1st diplomatic relations between the u.s. and japan. we had the privilege of being there is a couple of years back to celebrate the 50th anniversary. if you walk into the international room, you will see that the mayor from a sock and had not been enlarged robot celebrating the 50th anniversary. since then, 17 others have been established. this is number 18. we recently celebrated some significant milestones. 38th anniversary of our shanghai sister city. that was a significant moment, in terms of the relationship, again not just our two cities, but both countries. the first formal relations between the two countries were formed through that sister city bond. we had the opportunity to go to bed alarm as our first trip back there. we established a sister region between bangalore and the san francisco area. there was a delegation of leaders who went back there. obviously connected to china and asia. we felt like it needed to incorporate india. that brings us here, this 18th finding of a sister city that celebrates the contr

. >>> a vending machine that provides free emergency drinks has been set up at a condominium in osaka, western japan. the machine can store up to 500 bottles or cans and run for two days on a battery. drinks become free simply by changing the machine's settings. these machines have been developed by beverage makers and installed mainly in public faciliti facilities. this time the makers and an association of property owners have been working in collaboration to start setting up the machines at privately rented housings. they plan to introduce the machines across the country. >>> and now let's take a look at the extended weather forecast for selected cities around the world. ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. we'll be back at the top of the next hour. j