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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka+

Rinku General Medical Center in Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is pictured on June 26, 2025. Izumisano city plans to set up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, in cooperation with the hospital.

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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka+

Rinku General Medical Center in Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, is pictured on June 26, 2025. Izumisano city plans to set up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, in cooperation with the hospital.

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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka

Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, mayor of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, explains the policy of setting up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, on May 29, 2025, at the city office. The western Japan city government said it plans to launch a baby hatch and a "confidential birth" system that allows women to give birth without revealing their identities except to the hospital, by the end of fiscal 2026 in cooperation with a local medical institution.

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Plan to set up baby hatch in Osaka

Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, mayor of Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, explains the policy of setting up a baby hatch that enables parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for, on May 29, 2025, at the city office. The western Japan city government said it plans to launch a baby hatch and a "confidential birth" system that allows women to give birth without revealing their identities except to the hospital, by the end of fiscal 2026 in cooperation with a local medical institution.

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Fireworks in western Japan

Fireworks synchronized with music songs, including the official theme song for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, light up the night sky above Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2023.

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Fireworks in western Japan

Fireworks synchronized with music songs, including the official theme song for the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, light up the night sky above Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 4, 2023.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

NARITA, Japan, June 20 Kyodo - The first group of Ugandan athletes who arrived in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics prepares to leave Narita airport for host city Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, in the early hours of June 20, 2021. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus.

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JR West sets up ticket counters for foreign visitors

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers line up at ticket counters newly set up specifically for foreign visitors by West Japan Railway Co. at Kansai Airport station at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Lotte opens duty-free shop at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - Lotte Duty Free CEO Lee Hong Kyun (L) and South Korean actress Choi Ji Woo, an honorary ambassador for the duty-free chain, pose at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 4, 2014, during a ceremony for the opening of its first outlet in Japan.

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Japan's 1st Lotte duty-free shop at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - The Lotte Duty Free shop chain of South Korea opens its first Japanese outlet at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 4, 2014.

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People fete 20th anniversary of Kansai Int'l Airport

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese women dressed in kimono and overseas tourists celebrate with plum wine at the departure lobby of Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 4, 2014, to mark the 20th anniversary of its opening.

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Kansai Int'l Airport celebrates 20th anniversary

OSAKA, Japan - Women clad in kimono serve "umeshu" plum wine to visitors at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2014, during an event marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the western Japan airport.

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Kansai airport concession sale draws 150 firms

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives from about 150 Japanese and foreign companies and organizations participate in a briefing session by New Kansai International Airport Co. in Izumisano, western Japan, on its plan to sell the management rights to Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport (also known as Itami airport) on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Audi World Cup model

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows special limited-edition "World Cup model" vehicles in the Japanese team's colors unveiled by Audi Japan KK at its biggest outlet in the Kinki region. The outlet opened the same day in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, ahead of the soccer extravaganza in Brazil.

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Stickers in Japanese hotel rooms show direction of Mecca

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A cleric from Indonesia places a sticker showing the direction of Mecca on the ceiling of a suite room at Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 19, 2013. The hotel began attaching the stickers the same day in all of its 576 guest rooms, a process that it expects to take around 10 days, to cater to Muslim guests.

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Kagawa inks sponsorship deal with Audi

IZUMISANO, Japan - Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa is pictured with an Audi car in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2013, as he inked a three-year sponsorship deal with Audi Japan that will give him use of a red Audi, valued at around 20 million yen, in Britain.

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Peach Aviation unveils new routes

OSAKA, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. CEO Shinichi Inoue (C) poses for photos during a press conference in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 12, 2012. The Japanese budget airline announced five new domestic and international routes.

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Skymark to launch flights at Kansai airport

IZUMISANO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks during a press conference in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Nishikubo said the airline will start flight services linking Kansai International Airport near Osaka with Sapporo and Naha in May 2012. Skymark quit the western Japan airport in 2006.

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Maehara eyes turning Haneda into hub airport for int'l flights

IZUMISANO, Japan - In Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2009, transport minister Seiji Maehara (L) talks with Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (R), who asked the central government to step up investment to turn Kansai International Airport, serving Osaka, into a hub airport. After the meeting, Maehra indicated in remarks to reporters his wish to turn Tokyo's Haneda airport into a hub for international flights.

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Extra gasoline tax in place since 1974 expires

OSAKA, Japan - Vehicles line up in front of a gas station in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, April 1 as gas prices fell about 25 yen per liter the same day. Prices fell after the provisional tax rates on gasoline and other road-related items expired March 31 after being introduced as a special measure in 1974.

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Bumpy ride ahead for shuttle service between Kobe and Kansai airports

KOBE, Japan - Passengers are about to board the high-speed ''Bay Shuttle'' linking Kobe and Kansai airports in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.

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3-month-old 'Hello Work' training scheme the only hope for NEETs

IZUMISANO, Japan - A NEET youth receives job-seeking training at a school run by the nonprofit Osaka Young Work-Support Organization in the city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The student in the fourth 3-month period ended in December 2006 takes part in the school's festival with Frankenstein make-up.

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Agriculture officials search Fujiya head office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture ministry officials enter a factory of Fujiya Co. in the city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 18 to search it over the company's reported extension of expiry dates for cream puffs and puddings beyond its in-house guidelines.

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Kansai airport celebrates 9th year

OSAKA, Japan - Expansion work on an artificial island is under way on the Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka, which marked its ninth anniversary Sept. 4.

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Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete who went missing heads back home

Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko (R) is pictured before boarding a plane at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 21, 2021. Ssekitoleko was found by police a day earlier in Yokkaichi, central Japan, after going missing on July 16 from his pre-Olympic training camp in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture.

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Ugandan Olympic delegation departs for athletes' village

Uganda's Olympic delegation members stand in front of a hotel they used for pre-Olympic training camp in the Osaka Prefecture city of Izumisano on July 20, 2021, before departure to the athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics in the capital. Two of the nine-member Ugandan delegation tested positive for the coronavirus after their arrival in Japan in June while another who took part in the training camp has gone missing with a note saying he wants to work in Japan.

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Ugandan Olympic delegation departs for athletes' village

A bus carrying Uganda's Olympic delegation members leaves a hotel they used for pre-Olympic training camp in the Osaka Prefecture city of Izumisano on July 20, 2021, to head to the athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics in the capital. Two of the nine-member Ugandan delegation tested positive for the coronavirus after their arrival in Japan in June while another who took part in the training camp has gone missing with a note saying he wants to work in Japan.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The first group of Ugandan athletes who arrived in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics prepares to leave Narita airport for host city Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, in the early hours of June 20, 2021. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The Ugandan flag is displayed at a hotel in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on June 20, 2021, for athletes staying for a pre-Olympic training camp. One member of the first group to arrive in Japan from the African country has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The first group of Ugandan athletes who arrived in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics prepares to leave Narita airport for host city Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, in the early hours of June 20, 2021. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

Ugandan athletes arrive at a hotel in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on June 20, 2021, where they have a training camp for the Tokyo Olympics. One member of the first group to arrive from the African country has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Ugandan athletes for Tokyo Olympics begin training in Japan

Ugandan Olympic delegation members begin training at a gymnasium in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on July 7, 2021, 18 days after their arrival in Japan. Two of the nine-member delegation tested positive for the coronavirus following their arrival in Japan on June 19.

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Extra gasoline tax in place since 1974 expires

OSAKA, Japan - Vehicles line up in front of a gas station in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, April 1 as gas prices fell about 25 yen per liter the same day. Prices fell after the provisional tax rates on gasoline and other road-related items expired March 31 after being introduced as a special measure in 1974. (Kyodo)

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(2) Kansai International Airport

OSAKA, Japan - Cars on parade to mark the opening of Kansai International Airport. The photo was taken in Izumisano, Osaka on April 2, 1994. (Kyodo)

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Osaka woman, father fatally stabbed, boyfriend suspected assailant

Police officers investigate near a house (R) where Miho Yamada, 42, and her 72-year-old father, Yoneichi Yamada, were fatally stabbed in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, in western Japan on June 13, 2016. The police said the woman's boyfriend, who later committed suicide, was likely responsible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL resumes Kansai-L.A. flight for 1st time in 8 and half yrs

Japan Airlines Co. staff see off their first flight from Kansai International Airport off Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, to Los Angeles on March 20, 2015. It was JAL's first flight from the western Japanese airport to the U.S. city since October 2006. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toddlers attend airplane class in Osaka

Nursery school children in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture in western Japan, paint playground equipment shaped like an airplane in pink to resemble a plane of local airline Peach Aviation Ltd. on March 13, 2015, after attending a class held by the company in which they were taught about the jobs of pilots and flight attendants. The low-cost carrier, plagued with a pilot shortage, held the class to make the children interested in the aviation industry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Int'l Airport starts tests on fuel cell forklifts

Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., fills a fuel cell-powered forklift with hydrogen during a ceremony at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 10, 2015, marking the launch of demonstration tests on the environmentally friendly machine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held to start exports of Kyoto beef to Singapore

A chef cooks beef during a ceremony at a hotel in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 2, 2015, marking the start of exports to Singapore of quality beef from nearby Kyoto through Kansai International Airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Halal bento shop opens in Osaka airport town to serve Muslim travelers

Photo taken on March 25, 2016, in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, shows Huh Kyoyoun, president of Grande Limite Co., holding a halal-accredited "bento" boxed meal being sold at Mabruk, a shop set up jointly by the city and the company to cater to the needs of a growing number of Muslim tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ugandan athletes for Tokyo Olympics begin training in Japan

Ugandan Olympic delegation members begin training at a gymnasium in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on July 7, 2021, 18 days after their arrival in Japan. Two of the nine-member delegation tested positive for the coronavirus following their arrival in Japan on June 19.

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Ugandan athletes for Tokyo Olympics begin training in Japan

Ugandan Olympic delegation members begin training at a gymnasium in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on July 7, 2021, 18 days after their arrival in Japan. Two of the nine-member delegation tested positive for the coronavirus following their arrival in Japan on June 19.

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Ugandan athletes for Tokyo Olympics begin training in Japan

Ugandan Olympic delegation members begin training at a gymnasium in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on July 7, 2021, 18 days after their arrival in Japan. Two of the nine-member delegation tested positive for the coronavirus following their arrival in Japan on June 19.

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Agriculture officials search Fujiya head office

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture ministry officials enter a factory of Fujiya Co. in the city of Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 18 to search it over the company's reported extension of expiry dates for cream puffs and puddings beyond its in-house guidelines. (Kyodo)

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

A Ugandan athlete gets off a bus with the country's national flag on June 20, 2021, as the first group of athletes arrives at Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture for a training camp ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

A Ugandan athlete waves from a bus on June 20, 2021, as the first group of athletes arrives at Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture for a training camp ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The first group of Ugandan athletes arrives at Izumisano in Osaka Prefecture on June 20, 2021, for a training camp ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. One person in the nine-member group tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The first group of Ugandan athletes arriving in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics pose for a photo in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on June 20, 2021, where they have a training camp. One person in the nine-member group has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Ugandan Olympic athletes in Japan

The first group of Ugandan athletes arriving in Japan for the Tokyo Olympics pose for a photo in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on June 20, 2021, where they have a training camp. One person in the nine-member group has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Skymark to launch flights at Kansai airport

IZUMISANO, Japan - Skymark Airlines Inc. President Shinichi Nishikubo speaks during a press conference in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Nishikubo said the airline will start flight services linking Kansai International Airport near Osaka with Sapporo and Naha in May 2012. Skymark quit the western Japan airport in 2006. (Kyodo)