Seawall operated by tsunami

Seawall operated by tsunami

SAKAI, Japan - Hitachi Zosen Corp. shows to reporters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011, a seawater barrier that automatically rises from the ground or seabed using the buoyant force of tidal waves. The Japanese heavy machinery and engineering firm said it has started to accept orders for the seawater barrier it has developed. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000356092
  • Registered date
  • 2011/8/09 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1303 × 1709 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 668.64(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

    Operations at 14 Toyota plants to be halted after system failure

    TOYOTA, Japan, Aug. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 29, 2023, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Motomachi plant in Toyota in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Toyota said that same-day operations at all of its group's 14 vehicle assembly plants in Japan will be suspended due to a computer system failure. (Kyodo)
      2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

      2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

      YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture during landing and takeoff exercises on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.
        2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

        2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

        YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture during landing and takeoff exercises on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.
          2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

          2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

          YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft conducts landing and takeoff exercises at Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.
            Hitachi Zosen unveils world's biggest shield tunneling machine

            Hitachi Zosen unveils world's biggest shield tunneling machine

            OSAKA, Japan - Hitachi Zosen Corp. shows to the press on Dec. 25, 2012, what it claims to be the world's largest shield tunneling machine at its Sakai plant in Osaka Prefecture. The 110-meter-long machine with a diameter of 17.45 meters and weighing some 7,000 tons will be used to drill a 2,800-meter tunnel in Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington to replace an aging elevated highway, the company said.
              Hon Hai CEO in Japan

              Hon Hai CEO in Japan

              OSAKA, Japan - Terry Gou, chief executive officer of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., is surrounded by reporters upon his arrival at JR Shin-Osaka Station in western Japan on Aug. 30, 2012. Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, and its Japanese business partner Sharp Corp. are in talks over the terms of their capital alliance agreement.
                Sharp's Sakai plant in Osaka Pref.

                Sharp's Sakai plant in Osaka Pref.

                OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo taken Jan. 28, 2012, shows Sharp Corp.'s Sakai plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. The electronics maker said Feb. 1, 2012, the company is likely to fall into the red in the business year ending March 31, 2012, revising its financial results forecast downward due to greater-than-expected price declines in liquid crystal display televisions and solar batteries as well as the global economic slowdown. (Kyodo)
                  Remote-controlled breakwater

                  Remote-controlled breakwater

                  SHIZUOKA, Japan - An experimental remote-controlled breakwater rises from the sea floor in a demonstration at a port in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 17, 2011. Its developer Hitachi Zosen Corp. aims to introduce the new device to coastal zones where conventional breakwaters have not been installed, due to marine traffic or scenery preservation, to counter high tides or tsunami.
                    Remote-controlled breakwater

                    Remote-controlled breakwater

                    SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 17, 2011, shows an experimental remote-controlled breakwater unveiled to the press at a port in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Its developer Hitachi Zosen Corp. said the device is designed to rise from the sea floor to counter high tides or tsunami.
                      World's largest iron ore carrier

                      World's largest iron ore carrier

                      CHIBA, Japan - The 320,000-ton Tubarao Maru, one of the world's largest bulk iron-ore carriers, is open to public view during a naming ceremony at Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co.'s shipyard in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 5. The carrier, which measures 340 meters in length and 60 meters in width, will be used to ship iron ore from Brazil to Japan for Nippon Steel Corp. (Kyodo)