Largest unit of floating airport enters Tokyo Bay

Largest unit of floating airport enters Tokyo Bay

The largest piece of a giant floating steel sheet enters Tokyo Bay on July 3, pulled by tugboats. The steel sheet will be used for construction of a huge floating airport. The photo was taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the Uraga Channel off Kannonzaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, just south of Tokyo, on the morning of July 3.

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