Deep beneath Tokyo’s Shibuya Station, a massive flood control facility capable of holding 4,000 tons of rainwater is ready to defend the capital the next time it’s hit with torrential rain.

Although Tokyo might seem like the antithesis of the "sponge city" concept, the Japanese capital is largely unaffected by ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University show that agricultural land preserved around river confluences can help mitigate floods. They make a case for Eco-DRR, an approach that uses existing ...

Additionally, 260,000 people reside in areas with projected flooding of 5 meters or more. In Tokyo, 4.15 million residents—nearly 30 percent of the city's population—live in areas that are at ...

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