City Osaka Showbiz Latest News and Updates

Finnair is expanding its services from Manchester Airport to Helsinki as it celebrates 30 years of direct flights from the Finnish capital to Manchester. The airline will increase capacity to 12 weekly flights this summer, with plans to launch double daily flights by winter 2024.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A man in his 40s, who was a member of the association for victims of sexual abuse by the late Johnny Kitagawa, has died in Japan. While the police have not commented, reputable local media on Tuesday reported that it is a possible case of death by suicide. The unnamed man’s body was found in the mountains near Osaka in mid-October.

Studio Ghibli‘s Spirited Away is being turned into a stage play that will debut in 2022.Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film will be adapted by Toho Co. Ltd and Les Misérables theatre director John Caird, according to Indie Wire.Set to premiere in Tokyo in February next year, it will be followed by a tour through Japan visiting the cities Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Nagoya.The play has so far cast two actors as heroine Chihiro, Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi.

Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe says he is ready to declare a state of emergency from as early as Tuesday, as part of a growing response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The declaration would affect Tokyo, second city Osaka and five other densely populated prefectures.