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Located in Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture, the 'Disaster Prevention Underground Temple' is a key feature of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, one of the largest in the world. This facility, situated 50 meters underground, can store approximately 670,000 tons of water, playing a crucial role in preventing floods caused by heavy rain.
PETALING JAYA: A delegation comprising members of the Special Select Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Communication visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Underground Discharge Channel on Thursday (Sept 28).
Japan’s megalopolis region of Tokyo has a history of heavy rainfall and typhoons. But the days when the region used to be inundated with flooding are past. The pain of losing lives and livelihoods and seeing property worth billions of dollars being swept away by devastating floods, forced the region to turn to technology for a solution. The Japanese government has built one of
Saitama: Corpse of man found in river in Kasukabe Special Reports Coronavirus in Japan By Tokyo Reporter Staff On March 24, a total of 23 staff members from the ministry gathered at a restaurant in Ginza Saitama: Corpse of man found in river in Kasukabe By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 20, 2021 SAITAMA (TR) – Saitama Prefectural Police launched an investigation after the discovery of a man’s corpse in a river in Kasukabe City on Monday. At around 6:25 a.m., a passerby alerted police about the body along the riverbed of the Edogawa River in the Nishihoshubana area, reports the Saitama Shi...
How a man-made underground cavern helps low-lying Tokyo escape flood damage Saitama, Japan — Japan's environmental ministry says temperatures are rising in the country at a faster rate than the global average. That means more rain and more extreme weather events. But in Tokyo, the world's biggest metropolis, they've deployed a unique weapon to provide protection from floodwaters. As CBS News' Lucy Craft reports, Tokyo's over-developed landscape, crisscrossed by scores of rivers, is at high risk for flooding. Computer modelling done for the government shows how prolonged torrential rains co...