As a nation of islands and narrow, steep valleys, dams play a vital role in Japanese society as they are constructed primarily to control floods, supply...
Toyama Prefecture (富山県, Toyama-ken) is a prefectureof Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1,044,588 (1...
is dams, such as the 186 meter high Kurobe Damin Toyama. These dams are huge, so it often takes years to build them. The function of these dams is to...
3 mi) north of Totsukawa inNaraPrefecture, Japan. Using the pumped-storage hydroelectric method, the power plant has an installed capacity of 1,206 megawatts...
complicated techniques in wood. Influence from the Chinese Sui and Tang dynasties led to the foundation of the first permanent capital inNara. Its checkerboard...
25 dams were completed, under construction or planned for the river. Those dams are listed below from downstream to upstream. After completion of the...
of the Yamatonoaya clan, married the Yamato Prince Shirakabe (the future King Kōnin) and gave birth to Yamanobe in 737 inNara, who was enthroned in 781...
Tokyo and parts of six neighbouring prefectures, is the most-populous metropolitan area in the world, with 40.8 million residents as of 2023[update]. Located...
largest coherent satellite island group of Nagasaki Prefecture and the eighth-largest in Japan. The city of Tsushima, Nagasaki lies on Tsushima Island...
the areas to be flooded. The dams would also be located in an area with high earthquake risk. The Weigyi and Dagwin dams originally slated for the Burma–Thailand...
ruins of a Nara period kiln, located in the city of Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1922. Kawara...
Okayama-shi, Japanese: [okaꜜjama]) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecturein the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around...
mention of an earthquake in Yamato in what is now NaraPrefecture on August 23, 416, the first earthquake to be reliably documented took place inNara prefecture...
damage in the event of a flood. The number ofdams only includes existing and unestablished dams that meet the criteria (15 metres (49 ft) or more in bank...