The Insane Scale of Tokyo’s Disaster Megaplan

Fred Mills uncovers Japan's epic plan to disaster-proof Tokyo.
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Additional footage and images courtesy of NIED, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Resilience Project, Toho Studios Ltd., Mathieu Thouvenin, Nippon TV News, CGTN, NBC, NHK World, BBC News, ABC, Al Jazeera, India Today, No Comment TV, Bangkok Post, VOA News.

Please Note: NIED is the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention.

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
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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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