Japan

Scientists “Very Worried” About the Volcano at Tokyo’s Doorstep

Deadly Snowstorm Cripples a City Preparing for Warmer Winters

Japan’s Next Nuclear Emergency Will Be Crowdsourced

How Do You Earthquake-Proof a City With 150,000 Elevators?

A Fix For Tokyo’s Oldest, Densest, Most Disaster-Prone Neighborhoods

Tokyo Installing 300-Ton Pendulums in Skyscrapers to Keep Them From Falling Down

The Fukushima Meltdown Made Tokyo a Much Greener City

Tokyo Building Enormous “Super-Levees” to Hold Back Its River

Coal and Other Fossil Fuels Rise in Japan as Nuclear Power Plants Remain Offline

How Centuries of Destruction Honed Tokyo’s Unparalleled Disaster Resilience

Can Japanese Engineering Fix Phnom Penh’s Creaky Drainage Infrastructure?

Separating Tracks from Trains: When Does It Work?

We’ve Got Facebook. Who Needs Cars?

Disaster-Proof Design

Cities: Greener, If Not Leafier, than the Burbs

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