Tokyo's Fight Against Natural Disasters | Sinking Cities | THIRTEEN

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Tokyo, the world's most populous city and Japan's economic engine, is faced with enormous natural threats, including typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes and mudslides. The city has developed the most advanced flood prevention system in the world to safeguard residents, but rising sea levels are sinking neighborhoods, and rainstorms are now stronger and more frequent. Can Tokyo's innovative technology fight back against rising waters? The WNET Group brings you Forces of Nature, a special collection exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists and viewers like you. Introduction – 0:00 Joso’s 2015 Typhoon Disaster – 2:15 Tokyo’s Hidden Vulnerabilities – 5:27 Typhoons Threatening Tokyo – 8:17 Earthquakes & Liquefaction – 12:46 Tokyo is Sinking – 18:28 Japan's Shrinking Population – 21:03 Kamaishi’s Giant Sea Wall – 22:15 Engineering Defenses: Pumps, Floodgates & Levees – 30:32 Re-Engineering Tokyo’s Future – 41:41 Solutions for Tokyo’s Survival – 46:53 Building Resilience – 48:14 About the series Sinking Cities: As the earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many of the world’s major coastal cities may soon be under water. The four-part Sinking Cities series explores how four global cities – New York, Toyko, London and Miami – are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather. Sinking Cities is a 2018 production of Cineflix (Cities) Inc. in association with THIRTEEN. Major funding for Sinking Cities is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos. Additional funding is provided by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Marc Haas Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and public television viewers.