Built on artificial islands described as a 'sponge', Kansai International Airport in Japan is slowly sinking into the water - ...

OSAKA -- Two runways at Kansai International Airport in western Japan were temporarily closed on the morning of Jan. 9 after a man entered an off-limits area, police said. The man entered the ...

I arrived at Kansai International Airport one day after ... In 2004, waves crashed over the seawall, submerging the airport runway. Later renovations were meant to withstand waves to a height ...

Kansai’s engineers knew the airport was sinking slightly ... overwhelming the seawall and flooding the runway, causing a two-week disruption. This incident prompted further upgrades, including ...

Kansai International Airport was inundated and is now closed ... and surging water flooding its runways. Several planes on the tarmac were submerged up to their engines. An airport worker at ...

Runways operate 24 hours a day at only six ... curfew,” which is obliging many planes to divert to nearby Kansai Airport, an aviation industry insider said. Narita Airport, outside Tokyo ...

Julie Stephan arrived at Kansai International Airport a day before her flight in August, when Typhoon No. 7 hit the Kinki region in western Japan. The French translator was prepared for the worst ...