Typhoon Hitting Tokyo, Trains Stop Again

(Tokyo Amesh – rainfall amount map) Huge typhoon No.15 is hitting Tokyo area now. Several photo reports are circulated on Japanese Twitter. In Shibuya, fallen tree hit a taxi. Ginza street is also dangerous. Twitter Japanese trending topics are all typhoon related. Many companies seemed to encourage their workers to head their home earlier. The… Continue reading Typhoon Hitting Tokyo, Trains Stop Again

Piping Manufacturer Invents New Idea To Control Typhoons With Subs

The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan’s major newspapers, reports[J] a manufacturing company called Ise Kogyo[J] in the Central Japan has invented a new idea that enables to let a typhoon downshift its strength with a bunch of submarines.  Twenty submarines having special equipments for pumping out cold water from the deep sea to the sea… Continue reading Piping Manufacturer Invents New Idea To Control Typhoons With Subs