In the past, the district was a hotbed of worker unrest and occasional riots. In 1966, it was rebranded Airin ("love your neighbor"), but despite the name change it had a reputation as a crime ...

The Airin General Center was a symbol of Osaka's Airin district, the largest area in Japan for day laborers, commonly known as Kamagasaki, but it was closed in 2019 due to problems with its ...

OSAKA -- On a wintry night at the end of 2020, a man walks along a mainly deserted street in the Airin district of Osaka's Nishinari Ward in western Japan, an area known for its day laborers.

May 26, 2016 08:00:00 The scenery that I stayed at the cheap hotel in Nishinari-ku, Osaka-shi "Airin district" Several things I heard from the next building "In the middle of the night," Picking ...

OSAKA—The Airin district of Osaka has a reputation as a dirty, dangerous place filled with flophouses, ... Japan’s births mark record low in 2024, plummet below 700,000; ...

OSAKA -- The Airin district in the western Japanese city of Osaka has long provided housing for poor workers, but as more and more tourists come to th Cheap flophouses making way for luxury hotels ...

Supporters of homeless individuals clashed with police and court officials enforcing an eviction order Sunday at a former labor welfare center in the Airin district of the city of Osaka’s ...

The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center - TDLC organized a Technical Deep Dive on Safe, Inclusive and Resilient Cities in April 2018. Participants gained the firsthand experience in Kabukicho ...

Minoru Yamada, who moved to the Airin district of Osaka in 1973. He once worked as a day laborer and is now chairman of Kamagasaki Shien Kiko, ... Japan Tel: +81 3 5829 5900 Fax: +81 3 5829 5919 Email ...