Managing water has long been a necessity for Japan ... flood-regulating mechanism closer to central Tokyo is the Kanda River Ring Road No. 7 Underground Regulating Reservoir. The 4.5km-long tunnel ...

When nearby rivers flood, the overflow courses through 6.3 km of massive underground ... station in Tokyo, Japan, July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato The control switches of a tunnel boring machine ...

Japan’s government has uploaded a free Minecraft map, which features the world’s largest underground flooding diversion ...

The underground tunnel – 4.5km long and with a 12.5m inner ... that the Kanda River/Ring Road No. 7 reservoir has uses beyond flood prevention. In the drier months of December to May, about ...

Its dramatic pressure-adjusting water tank, known as the "underground shrine," is also popular with both domestic and international visitors. A one-of-a-kind flood ... carried by tunnel to the ...

In the hills above Kobe, Japan’s fifth largest city (pop. 938,200), is the twelve-year-old, $3,471,600 gigantic Kita-machi Reservoir. On the southern part of the main Japanese Island of Honchu ...

Bengaluru can take cues from Japan’s underground flood tunnels, China’s sponge cities, to tackle its recurring flood woes, an analysis by Knight Frank has said With Bengaluru grappling with ...

As the flood of overseas tourists shows no sign of slowing, complaints about overcrowding and poor behavior by visitors are prompting some in Japan to look at ways of controlling the flow without ...

The weakened storm had shifted eastward early Friday, raising landslide and flood risks from overflowing rivers in more parts of the country. The Japan Meteorological Agency on Friday issued flood ...

in Japan’s Saitama prefecture. The facility, one of the world’s largest underground stormwater discharge channels, has come to be described as an “underground shrine” by many. The temple ...