Town-saving Japan seawall is memorial to ex-mayor's vision Tomoko A. Hosaka THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the rubble of Japan’s northeast coast, one small village stands as tall as ever after the tsunami.

Chubu Electric said Friday it will build an 18-metre (60 foot) anti-tsunami seawall to protect its ageing Hamaoka nuclear plant located near a faultline in a region seen as vulnerable to earthquakes.

TARO, Japan — So unshakable was this town’s faith in its sea wall and its ability to save residents from any tsunami that some rushed toward it after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

“Besides, there is no way this new seawall would be able to block a similar tsunami," he said, giving the example of a seawall in nearby Taro, dubbed the "Great Wall" by residents.

Special report: Disaster in Japan. To be sure, last week's 9.0 magnitude quake and resulting tsunami may qualify as the proverbial 1,000 year event some geologists suggest.

In an attempt to protect its assets from a Fukushima-style meltdown, Chubu Electric Power Co. is constructing an 18-meter (60 foot) anti-tsunami seawall around its Hamaoka nuclear plant.

The operator has proposed a new seawall that it says could protect the plant from a tsunami as high as 16.5 meters (54 feet), but provided no details about its structure or other plans, the court ...

The 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, ... In Rikuzentakata, about 100 people prayed atop a massive concrete seawall.

Fateful Move Exposed Japan Plant. ... The tsunami flooded the Fukushima Daiichi plant on March 11, ... Tepco chopped 25 meters off the 35-meter natural seawall where the reactors were to be ...

OFUNATO, Iwate -- A 600-meter stretch of a seawall built in this northeast Japan city in the wake of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has been converted into a colorful ...

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows overview of Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan after an earthquake and tsunami on Feb. 17, 2006. Japan will mark the 10th anniversary of ...

Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, before the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster is shown on the left. On the right, is the same area after the March 11, 2011, disasters.