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Kansai Airport’s open-to-anyone lounge is a great way to relax and refresh on your Japan journey
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Casey Baseel
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Thousands trapped as typhoon floods Osaka airport runway, sends tanker crashing into only bridge
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Typhoon makes Kansai International’s runway indistinguishable from the ocean around the island, turns 5.7 million-pound boat into instrument of havoc.
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