Saichi has studied the damage caused by collapsing concrete block walls since the 1978 earthquake off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in Japan's northeast. In that earthquake, about 14,000 walls ...

The road is famous for the towering snow walls created by plowing. Plans are for it to be fully open by April 15. Plowing starts to create 'snow walls' on Japan's Northern Alps (vertical video ...

But on weekends, they return to Matsuyama Prison where they are incarcerated behind walls. Although their workplace is called Matsuyama Prison's Oi Shipyard, there are no high walls or iron bars ...