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In the article on Kenji Nagai, there's the following dead link:

What's so interesting about this is the following:

  • The news article was originally published on September 30, 2007.
  • Approximately one day later, on October 1, Mainichi ended their partnership with MSN Japan (this is covered in Mainichi Shimbun#Partnership with MSN) and moved to a new website(s), possibly two new sites, one for the Japanese and one for the English version of the site.
  • The Wayback Machine archived the original link for the first time two weeks later on October 14. By then, the link was already broken due to the site move on October 1, so it was never archived.
  • It is unclear where the English article titled "Deputy foreign minister leaves for Myanmar following journalist killing" was moved to, if at all. It is also unclear if a Japanese version was archived, but there's a reasonable suspicion that it was, which would enable us to link to it and translate it.

Can anyone determine if either a Japanese or English language version of this article is still online? I suspect that due to the unfortunate timing of the move, the original content is sitting somewhere online in Japanese, but it's possible the English version was deleted for some reason. Any help tracking this down would be appreciated. Viriditas (talk) 05:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Google Search gives no hits for the year 2007 on the mainichi.jp domain for pages that contain the English or Japanese name of the journalist.  --Lambiam 17:36, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for looking. Viriditas (talk) 20:57, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe it could be found in their digital archive. Unfortunately, I do not have access. -- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 21:25, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the tip. Viriditas (talk) 07:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's what she said... --Jayron32 14:38, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What is smallest city with an international airport?

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What is it? 122.59.24.241 (talk) 05:28, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to suggest Douglas, Isle of Man - 2021 population 26,677. Ronaldsway Airport is a mere 7 miles away and all scheduled flights are international flights. Mjroots (talk) 06:42, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Kona International Airport would be a candidate. it's in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, which has a population of 19,713. It has flights to Japan and Canada (as well as several other US locations). HiLo48 (talk) 07:03, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Kulusuk Airport in Greenland has regular flights to Keflavík International Airport in Iceland. It serves the town of Tasiilaq, population 1,985. --Antiquary (talk) 10:27, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There's also Norfolk Island Airport, which has scheduled flights to New Zealand. Burnt Pine is the largest town – that's the word our article uses – on Norfolk Island, with a population of 180. --Antiquary (talk) 11:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) It depends on your definition of a city. Many cities in the US are smaller than some UK towns or even villages. I suggest Knock International Airport, built to serve pilgrims to Knock basilica 12 miles away in the village of Knock, County Mayo, pop. 972. The closest place to the airport is the village of Charlestown, County Mayo, pop. 1,033, 3 miles away. MinorProphet (talk) 11:46, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, many countries don't define different classes of settlements, so the difference between city, town, village, hamlet etc. is entirely subjective. I interprete the word "city" in the question as whatever place the airport serves. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:07, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As a fun/interesting one, the least-populous national capital with an airport looks like it's Alofi, pop. 597, capital of Niue and home to Niue International Airport. --47.155.41.201 (talk) 22:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There's going to be loads of tiny places. When you think about areas like the Caribbean and South Pacific which got sliced up by colonial powers, you're going to have tons of little islands where the island next door is technically another country and there's a bush plane service between them. Blythwood (talk) 10:11, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned when this question was first asked on our sister site Wikivoyage, the Danish island Anholt has a permanent population of 150 (two villages), scheduled flights to the Danish mainland and charter flights to Sweden. No support for non-Schengen destinations, I think, so maybe it doesn't count as truly international. It's visited by about 60000 tourists per year. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:07, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@MinorProphet has a good point. The OP asks about the smallest city "with" an airport. Many airports are not in the city they are named after; IAH (formerly Houston (Texas) Intercontinental Airport, now named after George W Bush) is, I believe, in (or very near) Spring, Texas, and the airport is quite a distance from most of Houston. You could say it's the airport for Spring, Texas. The DFW airport (Dallas/Fort Worth) is in neither Dallas nor Fort Worth -- it encompasses parts of Irving, Euless, Grapevine, and Coppell (all in Texas).
Similarly, one answer, saying that Kulusuk airport "serves" the town of Tasiilaq, is confusing (due to the premise of the question). Can others use the airport? Does the airport "serve" all of Iceland? So many questions... David10244 (talk) 05:11, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Not confusing at all. As the article linked by Antiquary in their answer says, Kulusuk Airport is on a small and not-very accessible island (of the same name) in Greenland, and planes fly internationally to (and presumably back from) Keflavik (and presumably nowhere else) in Iceland (as well as to another airport in Greenland which does not host international flights). Residents of the larger town of Tasiilaq on a different island can fly by helicopter to Kulusuk to catch flights to Keflavik, and presumably others in South East Greenland may also find it convenient to travel via Tasiilaq to do so. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.213.18.208 (talk) 10:17, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
London City Airport, as the City of London is only 1.12sq mi. Gibraltar is only 2.6sq mi and has Gibraltar International Airport. Nanonic (talk) 15:19, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea, the City of London itself has very few permanent residents, approx 8,600, and I expect many of them live in the Barbican Estate. MinorProphet (talk) 18:13, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the City of London counts as the main city that's served by London City airport though. – b_jonas 15:40, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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