Tokyo Metropolitan Government

The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and "power-generating floors" that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources

Japan today marked the 70th anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo by US forces, a night that left an estimated 100,000 people dead in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.

The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to take the initiative in introducing the new technologies of "solar roads" that collect energy from the sun via solar panels installed beneath the surface of roads and "power-generating floors" that generate electricity by utilizing the vibrations created by people walking, according to sources

Japan today marked the 70th anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo by US forces, a night that left an estimated 100,000 people dead in one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II.