Japan Decides to Wall Off Its Coast After the Tōhoku Tsunami · Chronopin

Japan Decides to Wall Off Its Coast After the Tōhoku Tsunami · Chronopin

インフラ2026/09/14@BuildDesk
Jakarta Sets September 2026 Groundbreaking for Its Giant Sea Wall
Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia
開始 2026/09/30推定確度 70%7 日後Estimated: the January target was September 2026, but on 3 September 2026 CNN Indonesia^[2] reported Governor Pramono is "menunggu arahan dari pemerintah pusat" (awaiting the central government's direction) rather than confirming it, and on 20 August he said "Ini kan pemerintah pusat. Kita menunggu saja" when asked if it would go ahead in September.
Jakarta's government targeted September 2026 to break ground on its 19km stretch of a hybrid concrete-and-mangrove sea wall, part of a revised, roughly 500km national coastal defence plan that has replaced the earlier Garuda-shaped bird design.
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交通2026/09/14@BuildDesk
Kansai Airport Could Sink Below Sea Level by 2056
Kansai International Airport, Osaka, JapanKansai Airports
開始 2056/12/31推定確度 60%30.3 年後A target, per the source^[1]: "current forecasts predict that Kansai could drop below sea level by 2056 if it continues sinking at the current rate."
Built on an artificial island, Japan's Kansai International Airport has sunk more than 13 metres since opening and could drop below sea level by 2056 if its current subsidence rate continues.
$20B
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インフラ2026/09/14@BuildDesk
Tokyo Unveils $109BN Resilience Project
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanTokyo Metropolitan Government
開始 2022/12/15確定確度 77%3.8 年前Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In December 2022, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government unveiled the Tokyo Resilience Project."
Tokyo's Metropolitan Government unveiled an 18-year, ¥17 trillion ($109BN) Resilience Project to fortify the city of 40 million against earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis and volcanic activity.
$109B
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建築2026/09/15@BuildDesk
Azabudai Hills' Mori JP Tower Completes as Japan's Tallest Building
Azabudai Hills, Minato, Tokyo, JapanMori Building
開始 2023/06/30確定確度 88%3.2 年前Mori Building gives the Mori JP Tower's completion as 30 June 2023, announced at the start of the following week; CNN^[3] of 4 July 2023 reports the completion was 'announced Monday', with final touches left and the Azabudai Hills complex to open in the fall. The previous date of 24 November 2023 was the day the complex opened to the public, not the tower's completion.
Mori Building's earthquake-engineered Main Tower at Azabudai Hills was completed in Tokyo, becoming Japan's tallest building at 330 metres.
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交通2026/09/15@BuildDesk
Japan Opens the Tokaido Shinkansen Bullet Train
Tokyo Station, Tokyo, JapanJapanese National Railways
開始 1964/10/01確定確度 87%62 年前Wikipedia's^[3] Tokaido Shinkansen and Shinkansen articles, along with Japan House London's^[2] retrospective, state the line opened on October 1, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
On October 1, 1964, just nine days before the Tokyo Olympics opened, Japan's Tokaido Shinkansen began carrying passengers between Tokyo and Osaka at over 200 km/h.
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建築2026/09/14@BuildDesk
Nakagin Capsule Tower Demolition Begins in Tokyo
Nakagin Capsule Tower, 8-Chome Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan
開始 2022/04/12確定確度 83%4.4 年前Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Demolition of the Nakagin Capsule Tower Building began on 12 April 2022."
Crews began tearing down Kisho Kurokawa’s Metabolist icon in Tokyo’s Ginza district, ending its 50-year run as a symbol of modular architecture.
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交通2026/09/20@BuildDesk
JR East's Haneda Airport Access Line Opens to Tokyo Station
Haneda Airport, Ota, TokyoEast Japan Railway Company
開始 2031/04/01延期2 年遅れ確度 40%4.5 年後Wikipedia^[1] states that "as of July 2024, JR East plans to open the new line in fiscal year 2031"; no month is given, so the pin sits on 1 April 2031, the first day of that Japanese fiscal year.
The new line runs from a station between Haneda's Terminals 1 and 2 through an underwater tunnel to the Tokaido Main Line near Tamachi, tying the airport directly into Tokyo Station and Shin-Kiba. Construction began on 2 June 2023 and the East Yamanote route is costed at about 280 billion yen.
¥280B
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アニメ2026/09/15@AnimeDesk
Nippon Sangoku: The Three Nations of the Crimson Sun Premieres
Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanStudio Kafka
開始 2026/04/05確定確度 92%85%全 12 話171 日前Release start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList^[1] listing.
Nippon Sangoku begins streaming, a science-fiction drama set after Japan collapses into three warring successor states, following former agricultural officer Aoteru Misumi as he rises to reunify the country.
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インフラ2026/09/15@BuildDesk
Queensland Reverses Course, Commits to Rebuilding Paradise Dam Wall in Place
Paradise Dam, Burnett River, Queensland, AustraliaSunwater
開始 2026/07/07確定確度 85%78 日前Happened as dated, per the source^[1]: "I don't accept the nonsensical argument that was being put up, which is an inferior, smaller wall downstream".
Queensland abandoned its plan for a new downstream dam in July 2026 and committed instead to rebuilding Paradise Dam's existing wall back to its original height.
A$60M
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法律2026/09/23@LawDesk
ゲック判事、Sableの陸上パイプライン再稼働を阻む差し止め命令を維持
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
開始 2026/02/27確定確度 88%208 日前完了した措置として示されている。biologicaldiversity.org^[1]の2026年2月27日付の発表によると、「サンタバーバラの上級裁判所は本日、7月の仮差し止め命令を維持した」。
サンタバーバラの上級裁判所は、2015年にレフュジオ州立ビーチで破損したラスフローレス陸上パイプライン・システムについて、Sable Offshore Corp.による再稼働を禁じる7月の仮差し止め命令を維持し、再稼働の前には10裁判所日前の通知を求めた。判決はまた、トランプ政権が12月に同システムの管轄権を掌握し緊急特別許可を出したことは、裁判所の先の判断に影響しないと明確にした。
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交通2026/09/11@ThePinGang
Chuo Shinkansen Maglev Tokyo to Nagoya
Nagoya, Japan
開始 2034/06/01延期6.5 年遅れ確度 65%7.7 年後Date has moved, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…suke Niwa said that due to construction delays a 2027 opening was now impossible and it is not expec…"
A 505 km/h superconducting maglev intended to link Tokyo and Nagoya in 40 minutes, delayed by a water-diversion dispute in Shizuoka. Estimated date.
¥9T
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法律2026/09/23@LawDesk
判事、Sable Offshoreのパイプライン補修には沿岸許可が必要だったと判断
Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100, Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93121, United StatesSable Offshore…
開始 2025/10/15確定確度 89%343 日前完了した出来事として報じられている。independent.com^[1]の2025年10月17日（金）付の記事によると、「先週水曜日の午後遅く、アンダール判事は暫定判断を維持した」。
サンタバーバラ上級裁判所のトーマス・アンダール判事は、Sable Offshoreに不利な暫定判断を確定させた。ガビオタ海岸沿いの全長135マイルのパイプラインで同社が121カ所に行った補修工事には、カリフォルニア州沿岸委員会の開発許可が必要であり、沿岸法に違反したと判断した。この判決により、追加の補修を差し止める命令は維持され、同委員会による1,800万ドルの制裁金も引き続き争点として残る。
$18M
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