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Record Rainfall Disrupts Japan's Transport Network as Extreme Weather Tests Infrastructure Resilience

TOKYO, August 14 — Record rainfall in Japan's Chiba prefecture has disrupted transport, electricity and gas services, leaving thousands of travellers stranded at Narita airport and demonstrating the growing operational risks extreme weather poses to critical infrastructure.

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