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The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo

The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo

Fred Mills uncovers Japan’s epic plan to disaster-proof Tokyo.
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Research sources:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-11-13/ambitious-tokyo-flood-tunnels-tested-by-worsening-natural-disasters
https://www.statista.com/topics/9914/tokyo/#topicOverview
https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/hitech/16/skytree.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/03/japan-earthquake-reason-2024-tsunami/
https://tokyo-resilience.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/13/a-city-built-on-water-the-hidden-rivers-under-tokyos-concrete-and-neon
https://www.tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/post-976/
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01576/
https://www.water-technology.net/projects/g-cans-project-tokyo-japan/
https://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/documents/d/seisakukikaku/-en-tokyo_resilient_project-1
https://nihonmono.jp/en/article/28071/
https://www.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/civil_engineering/1998/urbanunder.pdf
https://www.japan-tunnel.org/en/sites
https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/the-great-kanto-earthquake-of-1923-and-the-japanese-nation/
https://i0.wp.com/ttweathercenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ger_hazards_eq_mag_freq_1140.png?fit=1140%2C676&ssl=1
https://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/list/
https://www.seisakukikaku.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/documents/d/seisakukikaku/-en-tokyo_resilient_project-1
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/20/japan/society/tokyo-aiming-to-eliminate-areas-congested-with-wooden-houses/
https://www.tour-guide-japan.jp/single-post/original-eitai-bashi-bridge-in-tokyo-was-built-in-1698-100-meters-upstream-from-present-site
https://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

00:00 – Intro
03:34 – Tokyo in Danger
05:48 – The Tokyo Resilience Project
06:54 – Volcanoes
07:29 – Pandemics
07:58 – Blackouts
10:02 – MOWLAS
11:56 – Flooding
14:07 – G-Cans
15:45 – Tunnel Construction
17:01 – TBM Machine
19:40 – Flooding Infrastructure
21:26 – Earthquakes
23:20 – Giant Rock Friction Apparatus
26:33 – E-Defense
27:08 – Earthquake Engineering
28:54 – Seismic Countermeasures
30:47 – Earthquake Strategy
33:06 – Eitai Bridge
34:00 – Earthquake Proofing
35:01 – Attention to Detail
36:18 – Preparedness

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Japan’s $40BN Airport is Sinking

Japan's $40BN Airport is Sinking

What will happen to Kansai International Airport?
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00:00 Intro
00:50 Kansai International
01:33 Osaka
02:12 Radical solution
02:27 Building on water
03:56 Kansai construction
05:17 InEight
06:12 That sinking feeling
06:56 Settlement
07:40 Pioneering design
08:57 Success?
09:28 Typhoon Jebi
10:05 Remedial works
10:38 What next?

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This is The World’s Most Complex Construction Project

This is The World's Most Complex Construction Project

The epic story of the largest nuclear fusion reactor ever built.
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Why Japan is Hollowing Out a Mountain

Why Japan is Hollowing Out a Mountain

Japan is building something huge inside a mountain.
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Research sources –
https://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/hk/report/
https://indico.cern.ch/event/130734/contributions/120739/attachments/93312/133311/110701-Shioawa-ULab-ASPERA-v1.0.pdf
https://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/hk/about/detector/
https://youtu.be/Odc5ZYF-Lyo?si=EU4JQmmL6Wh6_w5x&t=38
https://www.businessinsider.com/super-kamiokande-neutrino-detector-is-unbelievably-beautiful-2018-6?r=US&IR=T
https://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/hk/special/yonde02/
https://science.osti.gov/hep/-/media/hep/pdf/files/pdfs/hep_benefits_v2.pdf

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The $140BN Race to Build America’s First High-Speed Railway

The $140BN Race to Build America's First High-Speed Railway

This new plan for a US bullet train might actually work.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/florida-s-wealth-flood-spurs-high-speed-train-bonds-past-peers
https://uichighspeed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/High-Speed-around-the-world_FINAL.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/08/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-billions-to-deliver-world-class-high-speed-rail-and-launch-new-passenger-rail-corridors-across-the-country/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070504173421/http://www.railwayage.com/dec99/passenger.html

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Why India’s Bullet Train Project is So Slow

Why India's Bullet Train Project is So Slow

The battle to build India’s first high-speed rail line.
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https://www.deccanherald.com/india/can-we-justify-our-high-speed-rail-1078489.html
https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-ahmedabad-bullet-train-project-maharashtra-cm-eknath-shinde-gives-all-clearances-for-rs-11-lakh-crore
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/maharashtra-overtakes-gujarat-in-land-acquisition-for-bullet-train-project-8592244/
https://news.sky.com/story/india-train-crash-how-safe-is-the-countrys-rail-network-12895682
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/japanese-firm-extends-rs-18750-crore-oda-loan-for-bullet-train-project/articleshow/99101979.cms?from=mdr

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Tokyo Has Built an Earthquake-Resistant Supertall Skyscraper

Tokyo Has Built an Earthquake-Resistant Supertall Skyscraper

Building tall in Japan isn’t easy.
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Japan’s 400 Kilometre Tsunami Shield

Japan’s 400 Kilometre Tsunami Shield

Meet one of the most important pieces of concrete in Japan.
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