Tokyo Expands Underground 'Cathedral' Complex to Counter Climate Change Rains By Issei Kato and Tom Bateman KASUKABE, Japan (Reuters) - For picture essay, click Just after 5 a.m. on August 30 ...

‘Underground cathedrals’ capture water run-off that would otherwise flood homes above. ... Tokyo expands underground tunnels to protect Japanese capital from ‘guerilla downpours ...

2. Drainage Tunnels. An extensive 10-meter diameter tunnel connects the shafts to the pressure-regulating chamber. This tunnel was built using the slurry pressure shield method, an advanced ...

The six-mile tunnel, known as the Aqua Tunnel, sits an impressive 196 feet below sea level at its deepest point and has a diameter of 45 feet. Meanwhile, the three-mile Aqua Bridge has the longest ...

With a length of 15.1 kilometers (9.4 miles), the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line is one of the longest tunnel and bridge systems that crosses Tokyo Bay. It connects the city of Kawasaki, ...

Part of a tunnel boring machine is seen at the Loop Road No. 7 Underground Regulating Reservoir, which is under construction, near Nogata station in Tokyo, Japan, July 16, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato ...

Video | Tokyo expands underground tunnels to protect Japanese capital from ‘guerilla downpours’ ‘Underground cathedrals’ capture water run-off that would otherwise flood homes above 02:48 ...

A STAFF MEMBER of Metropolitan Outer Floodway Management Office demonstrates how to perform checkups inside a pressure-adjusting water tank, part of a complex of underground water discharge tunnels ...

Tokyo already boasts an extensive system of tunnels, drainage channels and storage cisterns, but like much of the world Japan is coping with unprecedented weather due to climate change, forcing it ...

KASUKABE, Japan (Reuters) - For picture essay, click . Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" just north of Tokyo.

Just after 5 a.m. on August 30, water began flooding a vast underground chamber called the "cathedral" just north of Tokyo. The gushing water, captured by security cameras, was the rain that was ...