NEWSWORTHY
Airports act against rising seas and stronger storms as climate changes
Global airport operators, faced with rising sea levels and more powerful storms as the climate changes, are starting to invest in measures including higher runways, seawalls and better drainage systems to future-proof immovable assets. In early September, a seawall at Kansai International Airport, built on ...
Railway services to typhoon-hit Kansai airport resume ahead of schedule
The main transport link to western Japan’s primary international gateway was restored two weeks after a powerful typhoon ripped through the region.
Kansai airport's Terminal 1 to partially reopen following flooding from Typhoon Jebi
Efforts are also moving forward to accept new domestic and international flights at nearby Kobe and Itami airports.
West Nippon Expressway Co. plans to finish removing a heavily-damaged 2,000-ton girder on the causeway to Kansai International Airport, the nation’s third-busiest air hub, by Friday.
Some international flights resume at typhoon-hit Kansai International Airport
Schedule for fully restarting all flights at country’s third-busiest airport still unknown in wake of powerful storm.
Osaka plans to offer multilingual disaster information for foreign visitors
Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui said Friday he wants to start providing information for foreign visitors in the event of a disaster. The plan to develop a multilingual email system was announced after many foreigners faced difficulties following the closure of Kansai International Airport earlier this ...
The airport on a man-made island in Osaka Bay has been flooded and closed since the afternoon and will not reopen until at least Wednesday evening.
Osaka's department stores cashing in as LCC flights haul in more tourists
Department stores in Osaka are enjoying brisk sales as an increase in budget flights from other Asian countries brings more tourists to Japan. According to the Japan Department Stores Association, sales at department stores in Osaka grew 7.3 percent year on year in June, posting ...
Minimalist hotel targets tourists at Kansai International Airport
A hotel with 153 high-end capsule-type guest rooms recently opened at Kansai International Airport in Osaka to cater mainly to foreign visitors. First Cabin Kansai Airport, located in the Aeroplaza commercial complex near Terminal 1, offers two types of rooms — one dubbed "first class" ...
Record 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka in 2016
Over 9.4 million foreign tourists visited Osaka last year, the largest number ever, Osaka tourism authorities announced earlier this week. The figure represents a 31 percent increase on 2015, and is more than triple the number of foreign nationals who visited the city in 2013, ...
Osaka duty-free shop plan scrapped as tourist shopping sprees slow
Kansai Airports said Thursday it has scrapped a plan to open a duty-free shop in central Osaka due to a slowdown in so-called explosive shopping by tourists. Spending by foreign visitors to Japan decreased in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, the first quarterly ...
Immigration snafu allows wanted suspect to leave Japan via Kansai airport
A non-Japanese suspect on a wanted list departed Japan from Kansai International Airport in late September due to an immigration control officer's failure to recognize the wanted information, the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau said Thursday. Police usually report information about suspects under an arrest warrant ...
