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Into the eye of the storm: Video producer James Reynolds goes to extreme lengths to document the impact of a typhoon

Environment Jun 29, 2019

Into the eye of the storm: Video producer James Reynolds goes to extreme lengths to document the impact of a typhoon

by Daniel Traylor

James Reynolds has his eyes on his camera's viewfinder, but also on the debris from a broken roof that's darting about in the wind as Typhoon Jebi leaves its mark on the city of Gobo, Wakayama Prefecture, in September 2018. The peak of the storm ...

Japan's exports unexpectedly fell in September after natural disasters, clouding U.S.-China trade war impact

Business Oct 18, 2018

Japan's exports unexpectedly fell in September after natural disasters, clouding U.S.-China trade war impact

Japan's exports unexpectedly fell in September — the first drop in almost two years — as natural disasters disrupted economic activity and higher energy prices continued to feed gains in imports. While one-off events make it difficult to assess the impact of the U.S.-China trade ...

Number of foreign visitors to recovering Kansai International Airport returning to last year's levels

National Oct 5, 2018

Number of foreign visitors to recovering Kansai International Airport returning to last year's levels

The number of foreign visitors to Kansai International Airport are now returning to levels seen last year, one month after a powerful typhoon caused the major hub to shut down. The number of flights to and from the airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, has also ...

Need to back up sinking Kansai airport stymies region ahead of G20, elections

National | KANSAI PERSPECTIVE Sep 23, 2018

Need to back up sinking Kansai airport stymies region ahead of G20, elections

by Eric Johnston

When Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture was shut down earlier this month after Typhoon Jebi flooded the main runway and terminal building — and caused a tanker to break loose and crash into the only bridge to the mainland — there were fears the ...

Kansai airport bounces back from typhoon but Kobe, Itami likely to help out anyway

National Sep 21, 2018

Kansai airport bounces back from typhoon but Kobe, Itami likely to help out anyway

by Eric Johnston

Passengers were happy that the main international gateway to western Japan was all but back to normal more quickly than expected.

Railway services to typhoon-hit Kansai airport resume ahead of schedule

National Sep 18, 2018

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.

Let's discuss damage to Kansai airport

Language | MORNING ENGLISH Sep 17, 2018

Let's discuss damage to Kansai airport

After Kansai International Airport was flooded by a typhoon, the central government and the region proposes temporarily routing some flights to other Kansai airports.

Does Kansai need three international airports?

National | View from Osaka Sep 15, 2018

Does Kansai need three international airports?

by Eric Johnston

Twenty-four years after Kansai airport's opening, Typhoon Jebi roared through, flooding the main runway, parts of the main terminal building and dislodging a tanker in the adjacent bay that drifted into the facility's connecting bridge. By the end of Tuesday, Sept. 4, leaders in the ...

Kansai airport reopens runway 10 days after typhoon flooding

National Sep 14, 2018

Kansai airport reopens runway 10 days after typhoon flooding

The major international hub plans to resume around 40 domestic and 80 international flight services, equivalent to around 30 percent of the airports’s pre-typhoon traffic.

Kansai airport's Terminal 1 to partially reopen following flooding from Typhoon Jebi

National Sep 13, 2018

Kansai airport's Terminal 1 to partially reopen following flooding from Typhoon Jebi

by Eric Johnston

Efforts are also moving forward to accept new domestic and international flights at nearby Kobe and Itami airports.

The necessary calamity

Commentary / Japan Sep 10, 2018

The necessary calamity

by Robert D. Eldridge

Officials should use the Typhoon Jebi experience to improve their disaster management responses.

Some international flights resume at typhoon-hit Kansai International Airport

National Sep 8, 2018

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.

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