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Of the rising sun
14 June, 2011
An economy in recession, a landscape reeling from an unprecedented natural disaster and, as yet, unknown damage to subterranean structures. Yet no country could be as well-prepared as Japan to take hits on both these fronts. With the help of the Japanese Tunnelling Association (JTA), Alex Conacher explores the situation in North East Asia, with focus on a Japan determined to hit the ground running

Crossing the Bosphorus – again
11 February, 2011
As construction progresses on the record-busting Marmaray rail tunnel in Istanbul, financing is finally being put in place for a road crossing under the Bosphorus. John McKenna reports

From Tokyo dream to Turkish delight
19 October, 2010

Technical tasks for Tokyo Bay crossing
22 October, 2007
Another tunnelled crossing of Japan’s Tokyo Bay has advanced further the technical possibilities of long undersea tunnel excavation. Tomoaki Takeuchi, group managing engineer of the Construction Department of Tokyo Electric Power Company explains