The breakwater is up to 15 meters tall and stretches 17.5 kilometers in length. It is expected to withstand a massive tsunami caused by a Nankai Trough earthquake and dramatically reduce flooding.

KAMAISHI, Iwate Prefecture--This northern city that was heavily damaged by the 2011 tsunami is now looking to generate renewable energy by harnessing the power of the sea. A local breakwater ...

unleashing the tsunami. The disaster killed 15,900 people and left over 2,500 missing. Standing on a breakwater in the Yoshihama beach in Ofunato, also Iwate, fisherman Kensei Okazaki, 33 ...