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Flooded bullet trains show Japan’s risks from disasters

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Flooded bullet trains show JapanThe typhoon that ravaged Japan last week hit with unusual speed and ferocity, leaving homes buried in mud and people stranded on rooftops. Japan’s technological prowess and meticulous attention to detail are sometimes no match for rising risks in a precarious era of climate change. “Weather conditions in Japan up to now have been relatively moderate,” said Toshitaka Katada, a disaster expert and professor at the University of Tokyo.

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