Tokyo Photo News March 2024

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is promoting the “Tokyo Resilience Project” as an initiative to ensure the safety and security of its residents in the event of a disaster, aiming to create a Tokyo that will be safe for 100 years into the future. On March 4 TMG held an infrastructure tour for international media outlets to communicate efforts made for this initiative.

A hyper rescue team conducted a rescue drill at a rubble site.

Disaster prevention helicopters are deployed at the Tachikawa Airfield of the Tokyo Fire Department Air Corps.

At a VR disaster prevention experience section, earthquakes, fires, storms and floods can be simulated using VR (virtual reality) technologies at the Tachikawa Life Safety Learning Center.

At the earthquake experience room in the Tachikawa Life Safety Learning Center, a simulation of a quake with a seismic intensity of 7 can be experienced (for junior high school students and older).

The Storm Surge Control Center can remotely close sluice gates when the tide level rises to prevent flood damage.

The Umegata Tunnel (1.3 kilometers), which connects the Oguno district of Hinode-machi, and Baigo and Wada-machi districts of Oume City, Tokyo, opened and its commemorative ceremony was held on March16.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in front of the Umegata Tunnel.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has installed IoT sensors powered by perovskite solar cells. A perovskite solar cell is a battery that uses a material with a crystal structure of perovskite as a power generation layer, and has the characteristics of being thin, light, and flexible.

The screen displays temperatures and humidity measured by a sensor with a perovskite solar cell

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government held “E-Tokyo Festival 2024,” an event where visitors can experience non-polluting zero emission vehicles (ZEV). The latest ZEVs were exhibited at the Tokyo Big Sight.

ZEVs with unique designs by students were on display.

A new type of personal mobility that allows both young and old people to enjoy the convenience of mobility.

Many fans visited the venue.

Spectators viewed car races.

A car race course was built directly under the Yurikamome tracks.