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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.

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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.

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Cars damaged by tsunami in Hitachi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, shows passenger cars which were burned in a fire that broke out following the March 11 quake and tsunami at Hitachi Port in Ibaraki Prefecture. The price of autos, including that of Japanese cars, has been on the rise in the Chinese and U.S. markets since the disaster due to distribution shortages of some auto parts made in Japan and the decreasing number of car imports from Japan.

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Killer quake in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows burnt vehicles that have been swept together at the port of Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 12, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country the previous day, triggering massive tsunamis in coastal areas.

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Stranded N. Korean freighter dismantled

HITACHI, Japan - The Chilsong, a 3,144-ton North Korean freighter stranded off the port of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture since December 2002, is seen dismantled in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 14. The ship broke into two parts in March 2003, with fuel remaining in it spilling and reaching preseason Pacific coastal beaches.

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Workers tackle oil spill at stranded N. Korean ship

HITACHI, Japan - Fisheries workers in Hitachi port, Ibaraki Prefecture, collect heavy oil leaking from the stranded 3,144-ton North Korean freighter Chil Song (background) Dec. 6. The freighter, which was carrying tire chips, ran aground the previous day.

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Hitachi Zosen unveils movable breakwater

On April 5, Hitachi Zosen Corporation unveiled to the press at its Sakai Works (Nishi-ku, Sakai City) a flap-gate sluiceto be installed on the seabed at Ofunato Fishing Port (Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture). The sluice will be transported by sea from the Sakai Works to the site in mid-November, and construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2008. Mr. Munekazu Shima, Managing Executive Officer of Hitachi Zosen Corporation and General Manager of the Social Infrastructure Business Division, said, "Projects for disaster response are moving forward in overseas countries. We have not set a specific target for orders, but we are confident that there is a need. (November 5, 2019, Hitachi Zosen Sakai Plant, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Stranded N. Korean freighter dismantled

HITACHI, Japan - The Chilsong, a 3,144-ton North Korean freighter stranded off the port of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture since December 2002, is seen dismantled in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 14. The ship broke into two parts in March 2003, with fuel remaining in it spilling and reaching preseason Pacific coastal beaches. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi's high-speed train arrives in Britain for test runs

A Hitachi Ltd. high-speed train for Britain's Intercity Express Program is unloaded at the port of Southampton in southern England on March 12, 2015. The five-car train, manufactured at Hitachi's Kasado plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, will begin trial runs from April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cars damaged by tsunami in Hitachi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011, shows passenger cars which were burned in a fire that broke out following the March 11 quake and tsunami at Hitachi Port in Ibaraki Prefecture. The price of autos, including that of Japanese cars, has been on the rise in the Chinese and U.S. markets since the disaster due to distribution shortages of some auto parts made in Japan and the decreasing number of car imports from Japan. (Kyodo)

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Killer quake in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows burnt vehicles that have been swept together at the port of Hitachi in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 12, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake hit the country the previous day, triggering massive tsunamis in coastal areas. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Workers tackle oil spill at stranded N. Korean ship

HITACHI, Japan - Fisheries workers in Hitachi port, Ibaraki Prefecture, collect heavy oil leaking from the stranded 3,144-ton North Korean freighter Chil Song (background) Dec. 6. The freighter, which was carrying tire chips, ran aground the previous day. (Kyodo)