Visual approached at KIX are relatively common on 06 when approaching from the south. I gather it's done to keep you away from the city and stop your noise nuisance. Although it's a fairly straitforward approach in daylight, at night you are flying a right hand pattern probably joining downwind over the sea with no lights between you and the runway. (For those who don't know, KIX is built on recalimed land and is a bit like an aircraft carrier). Descending into a 'black hole' on a night visual circiut is a well known problem area (think Gulf Air A320 at BAH in the late 90s). If this is a problem, perhaps Air Traffic at KIX should be reviewing their procedures as well as KAL (hats off to them for being pro-active on safety BTW) before more lives are sacrificed for noise environmental reasons.