The Japanese city is an outsider in the race to stage the 2008 Summer Games, ranked behind favourites Beijing as well as Toronto and Paris. Istanbul is the other candidate when the IOC vote on Friday afternoon (3pm BST). sportbusiness.com will be reporting from Moscow today, providing up-to-the-minute news on the chosen city to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Osaka officials have been anxious to counter a potentially damaging report by the IOC's evaluation committee expressing reservations about the city's ability to finance the Games.
On Friday mayor Takafumi Isomura stressed the Japanese government's "unqualified guarantee" of financial support and described Osaka as a sports paradise.
"It is our absolute conviction that this, my city Osaka, is well qualified for a very special Olympic Games," he said. "Our bid is rock solid."
Replying to a question from Russia's former Olympic 100 metres freestyle gold medallist Alexander Popov, Isomura said there was little risk of an earthquake in Osaka.
"The scientists say there will be no earthquaeks for decades," he said. "The risk is very, very minimal."
An accompanying video contained shots of the rising sun and cherry blossom, mingled with images of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the first Games staged in Asia.
Mi-Sa Yang, a 14-year-old schoolgirl violinist who was born in Osaka of Korean parents, played the Olympic anthem and American Olympic champions Maurice Greene and Stacy Dragila praised the efficiency of the Osaka grand prix athletics meeting.
Osaka Olympic bid organisers stressed the quality of the Japanese city's venues and a government pledge of unqualified financial backing in its final submission to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday.
