How rainy Tokyo tackles floods by building a "city" below the city

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How rainy Tokyo tackles floods by building a "city" below the city

STORY: How rainy Tokyo tackles floods by building a "city" below the city SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:25 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SATORU IKEDA, Visitor 3. various of the facility 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 5. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): NAGANUMA, Visitor 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHONG YA, Xinhua correspondent "Located in a temperate maritime climate and being vulnerable to flooding, the Tokyo metropolitan area has always been stepping up its efforts to combat floods. The rainy metropolis is building a 'city' below the city -- beneath its around 2,000-square-kilometer land lie 16,000-kilometer sewage pipes in total. Now I'm right here at RyuQkan museum, which introduces the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel, o

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