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Summary:IS THE FIRST ARCHITECTURAL WONDER OF THE 21ST CENTURY BEING BUILT ON THE WATERS OF OSAKA BAY? A NEW AIRPORT SITUATED ON AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND WAS THE BRAINWAVE OF THE JAPANESE IN THE EARLY '80S. THIS FILM SHOWS HOW TWO MOUNTAINS WERE DEMOLISHED TO CREATE LANDFILL FOR THE NEW ISLAND WHICH TOOK ALMOST FIVE YEARS TO CREATE. BUT SUBSIDENCE HAS PROVED TO BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM AND WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE 'SINKING AIRPORT' HAS TURNED INTO A HUGE NATIONAL SCANDAL.
Description:IS THE FIRST ARCHITECTURAL WONDER OF THE 21ST CENTURY BEING BUILT ON THE WATERS OF OSAKA BAY? WE RECORD ITS PROGRESS.