Star Gate Hotel to close on Sept. 30

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 5, 2010, shows the high-rise building housing the Star Gate Hotel in Izumisato, Osaka Prefecture. The hotel, located near Kansai International Airport, will close at the end of September 2020 in the face of dwindling customers, especially from foreign countries, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo