Engineers are also worried about uneven sinking at Kansai. The airport's centre, for example, is believed to be sinking faster than its ends. Despite these challenges, the airport continues to ...

When it was completed in 1994, Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Japan was heralded as a landmark achievement in civil engineering. Built on reclaimed land in Osaka Bay, it remains one of the ...

One of the world's most expensive airports built on a 'sponge' is sinking into the sea - and nobody can seem to stop it. Built back in 1994, Kansai International Airport was the first of its kind ...

IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture--Kansai International Airport here unveiled a new departure zone and passport control area in Terminal 1 as the facility underwent extensive renovations to ease ...