Sorry Gang I Still Don't Get Why The Answer Is Osaka

[rodders12]

I get OS and AKA but what does hence perhaps Japanese have to do with it unless Osaka means hence in their language

[Captain2]

Hence (so) perhaps Japanese; Osaka Japanese (city)

Rodders - just add further queries to your original thread by means of an answer

[fiction-factory]

This would make more sense to us if posted as an answer to your own previous question.

[retrocop]

OS = ordianary seaman (sailor) aka (also known as) Japanese port of OSAKA

[Toorak]

Osaka is a port - from which a Japanese sailor might leave (hence has an old meaning of from here)

[retrocop]

Ah So there was another question with full clue. Just seen it. SO was explained as hence on previous post

[Toorak]

The full clue is

Hence, perhaps, Japanese sailor: his other name is?

[Toorak]

A simpler explanation which avoids sailor doing double duty is that Osaka is a place that a Japanese person might be from

[goodgoalie]

I think the definition is 'hence perhaps Japanese' i.e from OSAKA
Sailor = OS ordinary seaman
his other name is = AKA also known as