Posted on 11 September 2015. Tags: flee, flood, Japanese, Near, residents, Tokyo, Waters
Japanese Residents Flee Flood Waters Near Tokyo Bloomberg’s David Gura highlights the photos illustrating headlines from around the world on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg). Related. Most Recent Videos. BOE Holds Steady: Surveillance (Full Show 09/10) · Japanese Residents Flee Flood … Full News here – Read more on Bloomberg
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Posted on 08 November 2014. Tags: flood, prevention, Tokyo
Tokyo Flood Prevention Fifty metres beneath the teeming megacity of Tokyo is an underworld river system – 6.4km of tunnels, colossal water tanks, massive pillars, giant pumps that remove 200 tonnes of floodwater every second. It’s an engineering marvel built to protect Tokyo … Full News here – Read more on ABC Online
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Posted on 24 August 2014. Tags: Control, flood, Subways, Swamp, Tackles, Tokyo, Typhoons
Tokyo Tackles Flood Control as Typhoons Swamp Subways Below the condos and boutiques of Tokyo’s upscale Minato ward — which includes Roppongi Hills, home to Goldman Sachs Group’s Japan headquarters — a boring machine has carved out the city’s newest defense against floods. “There are many buildings, … Full News here – Read more on Bloomberg
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Posted on 17 September 2013. Tags: flood, hostels, lowcost, Olympic, prepare, service, Tokyo’s, Tourists
Tokyo’s low-cost hostels prepare to service flood of Olympic tourists Although independent travelers from around the globe are expected to descend on Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, industry insiders say hostels in the capital are still far from being friendly to foreigners. Some groups are now trying to rectify the … Full News here […]
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