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KANSAI

Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Oct 29, 2018
Let's discuss Baku, Osaka's World Expo rival
With a month to go until the host of the 2025 World Expo is selected, Osaka officials are casting a nervous eye toward Baku.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Oct 21, 2018
Osaka casting a nervous eye toward rival Baku in bid for 2025 World Expo
With one month to go until the host of the 2025 World Expo is selected, Osaka officials are casting a nervous eye toward Baku, the city they increasingly see as their toughest rival.
Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2018
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2018
Kansai airport bounces back from typhoon but Kobe, Itami likely to help out anyway
Passengers were happy that the main international gateway to western Japan was all but back to normal more quickly than expected.
Japan Times
LIFE / 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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 15, 2018
Does Kansai need three international airports?
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2018
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2018
Work begins on repairing Kansai airport's bridge with an aim of restarting rail services by end of month
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2018
As Kansai airport partially reopens, officials discuss temporarily routing some flights elsewhere
The central government and Kansai region officials push a proposal to temporarily route some international flights to Osaka's Itami airport and Kobe Airport following the temporary closure of Osaka International Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018
Abe announces typhoon-hit Kansai airport will reopen to some domestic flights Friday
The airport remained closed Thursday after Typhoon Jebi caused flooding that damaged the main runway and tarmac, and drove a tanker into the bridge connecting the facility to the mainland.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
Kansai counts the cost of Typhoon Jebi
Osaka and the Kansai region spent Wednesday cleaning up after Typhoon Jebi roared through the area Tuesday, causing widespread damage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
Accounts of those who were left stranded by Typhoon Jebi in Japan
Typhoon Jebi tore through western Japan on Tuesday, leaving residents and tourists stranded throughout the Kansai region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
LIVEBLOG: Updates on Typhoon Jebi
Live updates from The Japan Times newsroom and social media about Typhoon Jebi —u00a0 the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years — as it wreaks havoc on the archipelago.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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