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New Year holiday exodus

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - The departure lobby is crowded with New Year holidaymakers heading overseas at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Dec. 29, 2011.

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Spring Airlines serves Osaka-Shanghai route

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - An aircraft of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. serving the route between Osaka and Shanghai parks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, on March 15, 2014.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A passenger plane operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. is seen on the tarmac at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014, as the airline company began daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the inauguration of Shanghai-Osaka flights by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014. Spring Airlines started daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka, becoming the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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Rescued Japanese divers return home

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Aya Morizono and Atsumi Yoshidome arrive at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, from Indonesia on Feb. 21, 2014. Five Japanese women, including the three, were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near the Indonesian resort island of Bali after their group of seven Japanese women went missing while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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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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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Photo taken on May 8, 2012, shows the first international flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. taking off from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture for Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Golden Week holiday exodus begins

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A family is pictured before going abroad at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 27, 2012. Masses of travelers are expected to spend their vacations outside of Japan during the Golden Week holiday period from late April to early May.

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Cherries from California

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A customs official at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture inspects cherries imported from the U.S. state of California on June 3, 2011. About 45 tons of the cherries arrived at the airport the same day.

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Return rush by holidaymakers peaks in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 5, 2011, who are on the way home after spending their ''Golden Week'' holidays away. The annual major spring holidays are from late April to early May.

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Foreign visitors shun Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A foreigner walks with a suitcase through a lobby of Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on April 6, 2011. Immigration officials said the same day the number of foreigners arriving at Kansai airport from March 18 to 23 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood around 1,700 a day, less than half of the daily average before the disaster.

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Beaujolais Nouveau arrives in Japan

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A customs official checks bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau wine at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 30, 2010, after they arrived from France the same day.

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Japan's World Cup squad return home from South Africa

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - (From R to L) Yasuhito Endo, Yuji Nakazawa and Yasuyuki Konno return with the Japanese squad from the World Cup in South Africa to Kansai International Airport near Osaka on July 1, 2010. Japan crashed out of the tournament after a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round.

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Osaka 'maid cafe' women fly to Taiwan to attract tourists

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A group of ''maid cafe'' waitresses set off for Taiwan from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on July 24.

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Return rush of holidaymakers

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - The arrival lobby of Kansai International Airport outside Osaka is crowded with holidaymakers returning from midsummer vacations overseas on Aug. 16. The airport expects around 19,700 arrivals during the day. The number of outbound travelers during the ''bon'' holiday period peaked Aug. 9.