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

Yet it continues to serve as a hub for All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Nippon Cargo Airlines, which fly all over Asia. Kansai’s engineers knew the airport was sinking slightly ...

is believed to be sinking faster than its ends. Despite these challenges, the airport continues to connect Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, with the rest of the world. In 2023, Kansai served a ...

No one was injured, but a passenger on one of the planes described “violent shaking” and a “really loud crunching sound.” ...

GIFU -- Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced on Jan. 22 that a municipal road in Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, has sunk by more than 3 centimeters near the construction site of the ...

He said Japan dispatched patrol boats and aircraft to the area, but their arrivals were delayed by rough weather. Strong wind warnings have been issued at the site of the sinking, which is about ...