In order to mitigate flood damage, cities across Japan are implementing large-scale measures.

Water-blocking panels inaccessible due to rainwater pressure At around 7 p.m. on Aug. 21, the Japan ... flooding Azabu-juban station on the Namboku Line in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Up until now, the ...

The largest typhoon to hit Japan since records began ... Tokyo Metro, which operates the capital’s main subway system, is taking measures based on a flooding simulation by the Central Disaster ...

FUKUOKA/YUFU, Japan (Reuters) -Typhoon Shanshan soaked large swathes of Japan with torrential rain on Friday, prompting warnings for flooding and ... including the subway to the airport, had ...

In the hills above Kobe, Japan’s fifth largest city (pop ... Kobe’s Broadway, the Motomachi, was flooded with ten feet of water. In Kobe’s main railway station water was five feet deep.