THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 13, 2020 at 17:16 JST
Sandbags are piled up at a location where the Chikumagawa river was flooded last year during powerful Typhoon No. 19. (Takaoki Yamamoto)
Dozens of riverbanks that met the central government's standard for strength failed and flooded in recent typhoons, according to the land ministry, a clear sign of the limitation of the nation's flood control policy. [Read More]
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