Russia’s Proposal for a Tunnel to Japan
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- Russia is considering constructing a $76 billion dollar tunnel project across the Soya Strait, connecting Japan to Russia. The Soya Strait is a 43 kilometer wide passage of water separating the island of Sakhalin in Russia and the island of Hokkaido in Japan. If a tunnel was built across it, it would have many benefits. It would boost the local economies and provide the first physical link between Japan and the rest of Asia. However, it would also have some issues. The region is a seismic zone, there are no large population centers near it, and the tunnel would be incredibly expensive. In addition, Japan currently has no interest in the project. However, if Russia’s infrastructure improves and Japan gains interest, a Sakhalin-Hokkaido tunnel could likely be built in the future.
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Unlikely because:
1. Kuril Islands dispute
2. USA
@ً Japan relies on US for protection against North Korea and China so the US has a lot of leverage over Japan and also Joe Biden is the president right now who is hostile towards Russia.
The Kuril Islands dispute is at least ridiculous, almost as ridiculous as China's claims on historical bases on about everything it claims. Japan tried to conquer the whole SEA and lost, of course there are consequences.
And with China acting as it is acting, improving relationships with a powerful country that is also neighbouring China would be at least a good idea.
@@trezapoioiuy Dude, there was no hostile between the USSR and the Japan until USSR declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945 and invaded the Kuril Islands with the help from Americans
@@bttnat439 that’s what happens when you jump in a world war and lose
Disagree, Russia is looking for an opportunity to deescalate because it's not working for their economy. Japan and Russian relations have been neutral. But the Kuril Islands dispute can be solved, Russia does not need those islands, except for natural resources. So far Kuril Islands were largely been used as a nature preserve. I can see Japan and Russia cutting a sweet deal for each other over it, that would benefit both sides.
this always happens when they have plans but it never happens, i would love to see some videos that talk about projects that are already happening
I don't know, there are quite a lot of channels which cover already in progress or finished projects. I see this channel more for these type of possible future projects that may happen someday, but won't for the foreseeable future because of lack of political willpower or funding, and not because they require some non-existing scifi technology like a trans-atlantic submerged hyperloop tunnel made out of carbon nanotubes. The projects here are interesting in part because I can see some of these happening within my lifetime, while still showing the limits and potential of what is possible with current technology.
Thanks for the comment! I will consider this when deciding future video topics. :)
Then I recommend futurologys video about the Turkish bridge near Çanakkale!
Also B1M is an interesting channel
@@aarondewindt well said
@@GabrielKitignaTessouat yeah thanks
It's one of those "all talk no action" project proposals.
Reminds me of the US with infrastructure
I mean it is a proposal
It will be implemented rather closer to the middle of the century.
Reminds me of that one project to connect Alaska to Siberia through a bridge/tunnel.
Because Japan has nothing to gain from this project
Unless Russia and Japan form better relations, I don’t think Japan will be connected to the mainland. The Japan - Korea tunnel wouldn’t work as North Korea would block access to the rest of Asia
There's an interesting proposal which mentions a tunnel between China and South Korea as well.
@@ignisilluminati Whuattt? With which shortest distance?
@@ignisilluminati That would be imposible. Distance is just huge.
@@wahrebeobachter Between Weihai in the Shandong peninsula to Incheon or Pyeongtaek of South Korea.
@@branilavvasic9727
It's a paper plan by now due to many uncertainties in the region. But I'm sure that technology won't be a big problem if there are political agreements between responsible counterparts.
The expected cost is only ~1.2x higher than the tunnel between Japan and South Korea, which is expensive but not completely unaffordable.
It sounds like a good idea.If Russia and Japan would settle the island dispute.Then you could drive from England all the way to Japan!
You could drive from south africa to england to Japan
Russia has introduced an amendment to the constitution that does not allow the alienation of territory. Economic interest is almost negligible for Russia, and that tunnel is much more in Japan's interest. Russia does not want to lose its security and territory for the sake of somewhat greater economic cooperation with Japan.
@@kurssmalla6182 Russia needs the economic stimulus to grow the eastern regions. It will never give up islands to a Japan that is effectively occupied by the US. Giving up Crimea a long time ago became a point of vulnerability.
Japan needs to finally realize that they were the pacific WW2 aggressor and have jack to demand from nations they attacked and who had and still have legitimate standing to keep land as reparations. If they do, the dispute is over right away.
>Then you could drive from England all the way to Japan!
Just take a KLM or Lufthansa flight. It's more affordable.
Isn’t the relationship between Russia and Japan rather cold? Like that uncle you haven’t talked to in 40 years.
They're technically still at war..
I want to build a tunnel connecting Earth and Mars
@@thecomment9489 Hmm wow I wonder why you think that
Big brain
Ah. I guess that would be a Stargate. See: www.gameworld.net/wiki/Stargate
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I would like to see Russia and Japan improve relations in order for this project to actually happen. It would be so cool to travel from Russia to japan from train!
残念ながら、私たち日本人はロシアに行きたくありません。
@@pagb6813 I don’t blame the Japanese!
@@pagb6813 и слава богу
Great idea! Now the 5 people who live there can visit Japan
you mean like 180,000
500,000 people inhabit the island of Sakhalin, 5.3 Million people inhabit the island of Hokkaido. The potential for tourism may not be enough to pay for the bridge construction, but you need to remember it would greatly boost commerce between the two regions and the two nations, and it's a land access for Japan's rail and road cargo to asia, this would make it cheaper to export products.
There's already shared community between eastern Russia and northern Japan, you can find expats from both countries living in both regions
Haha I was just joking, I know more than 5 people live there. Anyway I think it's probably not worth it unless the Japanese and Russians have some big trade/ manufacturing deals. Only the rails sound useful, road not really and for goods ships are still better.
Cargo...
Umm... the bridge at 7:21 is in Hobart, Tasmania, a very very long way from either Japan or Russia.
Well they can't exactly show a bridge that hasn't been built.
No need for tunnel. All trade from Asia to Europe will utilize Arctic Trade Route.
Trade is simply a miscreant pseudonym for dialectic transformative paradigms.
It really makes a lot of sense, outside of the construction costs. There are a lot of issues that would have to be overcome. Resolution of Post World War II disputes is the big one, built all the support infrastructure. Dealing with different rail gauges. At this point in time, Russia's economy can't support such an effort. So start with shipping Japanese goods to Vladivostok for shipment by rail to Europe, work out all those problems so that it very cost-effective. They can do that now, and if it all works out to the satisfaction of the parties involved, then you can look at taking further steps. This would be a 40 to 60-year project to get all the things built that you would need. It will all come down to trust and put to bed old hard feelings, It would also require that tunnel across the Bering Straits. So it would be a huge if not the biggest construction project in history. In the end, I doubt such a project will ever get off the ground, let alone completed. At least not as things stand right now.
I believe that building an all electrified railway from China to the United States would play a large part in helping the world meet the goal of zero carbon emissions by replacing a large percentage of the containers shipping that is currently being done by the mega sized container ships. The ship blocking the Suez Canal this year also shows that we need an alternative to cargo ships for shipping freight.
I think it would make more sense if it connected to South Korea or even China better than with Russia 🤷♂️
Russia's economy is much better then the Japanese
Russia's Debt to GDP ratio is below 20% while Japans is above 200%...
Russia has large cash and gold reserves and a balanced budget and a large trade surplus.
@@command_unit7792 Russia's economy is not even comparable to those of Canada let alone Japan lol. GDP per capita Japan is higher than Russia. Debt to GDP ratio is high yet Hokkaido is developed more than Sakhalin with Hokkaido and mainland Japan is connected through tunnel already while Sakhalin tunnel connecting to Russia still incomplete.
@@GI876758 Russia's GDP(PPP) is the size of germany.
And the sakhalin tunnel is not worth the cost when the Japanese refuse to built a tunnel between Sakhalin and Hokkido..
It won't happen japan and russia have complex relations.
It will happened if they stop see their history, make their own future for both of them
Yikes you haven't even watched it
@@curious5887 Still it's unlikely and I doubt Russia would hand over the islands for the project.
@@curious5887 First Russia needs to return islands or else nothing will happen.
@@boycottnok1466 that what i think will happen in the future, i hope all country make their own together than use the past as their guide
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I love learning about infrastructure projects that I never heard of before from around the world thx :)
Fun fact: I have seen similar concepts in some fictional mapping communities in Japan
Honestly, I feel that burrowing a tunnel connecting the two countries would take FOREVER. The highway that I frequently use to go to work every day is _still_ under construction, even though they've begun the project over a full year-and-a-half ago now. So imagine how long it would take to construct a 43 kilometer long tunnel - _under water._ Possibly over a hundred years.
Why so long?
they`ve build more then 60 km of railway tunnels in Moscow in last 5 years
The part of Sakhalin that the tunnel would land on used to be part of Japan too. In the last days of WWII the USSR conquered the island and forced the Japanese out. Until recently the track gauge on Sakhalin and in Japan was the same because the Japanese governed the island and built the railroads there.
Сахалин принадлежал Российской Империи, а в 1904 году Япония окупировала южную часть Сахалина, Корею, и часть Китая. В 1945 СССР не захватил, а вернул свои территории. Союзники признали эти территории, так как это было одним из условий что бы СССР помог союзникам победить Японию.
Wow I’m early! Great video as always man!
Forget Japan connection, Russia MUST prioritize linking Sakhalin to the mainland as soon as it can as a matter of national interest. If it can build a bridge to Crimea in less than 5 years (planning to completion), I'm sure it will be a lot easier to connect Sakhalin.
For a good tunnel hire Dutch engineers as they are the best in building tunnels
Japanese has that type of skill too. If the time will come, when Japan wants to make straight tunnels, they do themselves. Tsugaru and Moji straights has tunnels which were made to bear earthquake.
Japan helped the construction of English channel tunnel.
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Dang, I'm early! Great editing, voiceover and research, keep up with the great job and the amazing content!
@@Cjnw And you just had to post this comment here because? I have nothing to do with my government, stop goddamn saying this to every single person you see online that is Jewish/Israeli.
Damg man I was just thinking about it today and you made a video on it side get out of my head😆😆😆💕💕💕
I Think that the tunnel could be possible but I don’t think that Russia will give the islands back to Japan
Russia has introduced an amendment to the constitution that does not allow the alienation of territory. Economic interest is almost negligible for Russia, and that tunnel is much more in Japan's interest. Russia does not want to lose its security and territory for the sake of somewhat greater economic cooperation with Japan.
These are russian island thé people of these en island speak russian its thé japanese empire who invade thèse island
@@victordansereau8444 no the island were definitely japanese but the Soviet Union occupied them during WW2 and just never gave them back
The original people were japanese the soviets force them out after WW2.
@@robertabella1806
Hokkaido, Sakhalin and Kurio islands were originated to neither Japanese nor Russian.
The native there are killed off or assimilated from both sides, then a colonist lost against another colonist, so the former lost some colonies.
Very interesting, wonder if it will happen. Great job!
Thanks man!
I've been waiting for this! So glad you covered it!
Exchanging Kurile islands means losing a good fishing place, and probably also part of the strategic control of Okhost sea?
Well its not theirs to begin with
@@lorenzolim7754 and....? Russia declared war on japan and had every right to annex the islands. Plus they deserved it
First, the Japan-Russia tunnel will not be built unless Japan and Russia conclude a peace treaty. And the Japanese side does not need the Japan-Russia tunnel itself because it is unlikely that it will have much economic effect even if it is connected to Russia by a tunnel.
The two nations were still living in a status of war!
Japan is an island nation with the ocean as their natural defense. With their history, I highly doubt they'd be eager to build a land tunnel into their homeland.
I guess that you can say the same thing about UK. But more importantly in an event of a war they can always blow up the tunnel.
@@branilavvasic9727 Britain fought alongside France in both world wars and continue to have good relations, unfortunately Japan and Russia historically has always been enemies so they might not be as friendly lol
Do you know how easy it is to block tunnels like these in the event of war ?
Your thinking is at the level of a 5-year-old child. The Russians have a hundred safer ways to get their troops into Japan than by sending men and equipment in an underwater tunnel. =)
@@constantinethecataphract5949 Who said anything about war? You can influence another country without going to war these days, that's why China is spending billions building bridges and tunnels in other countries. There's a new way the take over the world now, and it's not with guns.
seems like russia really wants to build a tunnel
Seems Russia lies and fibs to be relevant.
It’s because Russia want a develop East, due to growing Chinese influence over the region
@@funghi2606 Russians are Chinese. Real brothers.
@@donjohn5542 *Sino Soviet conflict intensifies*
@@adriangaming4853 good good
It's a lot of money, not sure if the gains outweigh the benefits. I come from NZ. We are two islands, I wonder if a plan for tunnel under Cook Strait has ever been proposed.
Enjoying your channel
The problem is not the Kurile Islands only: Japan and the US are allies, and the US has almost succeeded in baffling the Northstream pipeline to Europe. And, as I recently heard, many Japanese think, that Russia nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki,, not the US.
😅
They did succeed in blowing it up though 🤣
LMAO, nobody in Japan believes that. There's plenty of problems with Japan teaching students a...skewed version of WW2 history, but that's all in the area of hiding Japan's war crimes.
Lol the “landslide” is a glitch from transport fever
Is it cool to put forward video ideas? I wad thinking a video on the Channel Tunnel (UK to France) the lessons learnt, and how its done better today. It could talk about machines used, etc etc vs tech out now and coming out in the future. You could probably find out a lot of information from the companies that make those types of machines
Nice video.
Could you do a video on the US North Atlantic Rail project? Its a highspeed railway+new connections for New England. Its expected to cost over 100b if it happens
Another big reason: It will give both countries an alternative towards China.
India is a good alternative too.
@@branilavvasic9727 What does that even mean, India is on the other side of the continent. Japan benefits from the Russian tunnel and rail link because it gives it an alternative and cheaper means of shipping goods throughout Eurasia. Russia benefits from the same reason, due to transit fees and economic activity in the Russian Far East.
Both countries already have political and trade relations with India on their own, but India isn't really relevant to this particular subject matter since manufacturing isn't the issue here.
Sakhalin is an island. It does have ferry service to Russia, including a train ferry. However the average trip is 11-12 hours. The current ferries can carry up to 28 train wagons. Also, considerable work has to be done to accommodate train cars. The Sakhalin railway has a different gauge than the national one. Russia started to build a tunnel to Sakhalin in the 1950s but abandoned it.
Sakhalin railways were this year fully switched to russian railway gauge 1520 mm. Also currently is undergoing huge reconstruction and adding of another track on BAM (Baikal-Amur magistral). It will be fully completed in 2024 and after that is planned to solve connection to Sakhalin by railway/cars bridge over Nevelskogo strait, so around 2030-33 should be Sakhalin connected to mainland Russia.
CZcams has brought me to a few of your video's today, and I have to say im impressed with wildly the proposals underestimate the cost of massive projects like this one. It just seems everyone making the proposals are just hoping to get things started before people look at the actual costs and benefits of the projects, and the sunk cost of having started will keep people making them. Japan only imports 13.6B and exports 19.6B from and to russia each year. While a singular rail link between the two may increase this number, the cost will never be justified.
Also Sakhalin is also disputed Japanese territory so its highly unlikely they will be willing to spend any money linking to the island, while its still owned by Russia.
Он и будет принадлежать России, нам японцы на острове не нужны. Мы их зря вышвыривали в войну что ли? Надо будет-повторим
Seems like a win-win for north Japan and east Russia which are really damn close. I see it happening one day
It would be cool if they exchanged the islands for Japan's co-operation and funding.
Won’t ever happen
Russia is big enough already
As if the expansionist Putin would give up even a metre of Russian territory. That will never happen while he's in charge.
@B D But didn't USSR and Japan signed some non aggression pact before WW2 and USSR invaded Japan anyway ? Don't lambast me. Japan and Russia are great countries. I like them both.
@@adriangaming4853 The problem is Russia doesn't give a fuck, just as Japan respecting the Geneva convention
Fascinating stuff
There would be 5 passengers anually passing thru the tunnel and 0 ton of goods. I don't find this project any feasible at all
Hello Futurology! can you please talk about Egypt's El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant?
Similar to train and shipping companies lobbying against oil pipelines, undersea tunnels and bridges are problematic for shipping and airline companies and would introduce additional competition for them.
The solution with the handing over of Kuril’s won’t work, because that sets a dangerous precedent, where China could suddenly decide to take land form Russia and other Asian countries. China’s historical entity, the Qin Dynasty used to have territorial sovereignty over a lot of Russia’s eastern lands 200-400 years ago. Then because of Nevelskoy, after whom the bridge is named, China handed over the lands to the Russian empire, and it’s been Russian since. That’s how me, a Russian, was born on Sakhalin.
I am agree with you. I am not Russian but Haïtiens. It will be a grave mistake for Russia to hand over those Islands to Japan. It was a mistake selling Alaska to America and will so to Japan. Japan will allow US to build bases on those Islands. Now Japan is saying no we will not let US put bases on those Islands. But as soon as Russia hand over those Islands to Japan US will pressure Japan to do so. So please Russia don't give up anything to any other countries keep all your land.
Russia has introduced an amendment to the constitution that does not allow the alienation of territory. Economic interest is almost negligible for Russia, and that tunnel is much more in Japan's interest. Russia does not want to lose its security and territory for the sake of somewhat greater economic cooperation with Japan.
@@kurssmalla6182
Your saying is not wrong so much, but you commented the same thing over and over, so you seem a bot.
@@tigeriontigerion9112 I'm not a bot, I'm defending the truth. This video is quite based and anti-Russian as if it was made by the CIA. He talks about Russia's interest in Japan trading with Europe and the United States through Russian territory, what is Russia's interest here. He talks about how Russia should finance the project and how Russia should give the culinary islands to Japan. So I'm aksing you again, what is Russia's interest here? Japan was an aggressor in the war, lost the war and cannot have pretensions to Russian territory.
@@kurssmalla6182
You misunderstand this channel; this channel is not CIA propagandist. Simply, this channel is so obsessed with making videos about any possible plans of tunnel constructions in order to get views. You can find too many kinds of "a nation's proposal for a tunnel to another nation" videos on this channel.
Where is Konstantin Rodzaevsky, if it was him we would have this bridge done in no time.
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@@user-om6wi9gg1l but because of him we got Russian anime, man where is authoritarianism when you need it, tell comrade Batov
@@user-om6wi9gg1l ohh come on comrade Yazov just wants to put a few million germans in camps and besides he can win without nuclear war.
@@Cjnw Tno my russian friend
oh yeah
As you know Seattle is an earthquake prone area. Two Seattle engineers stated that a tunnel would be safe
And don't worry about rail road width: in Sakhalin railroad has Japanese width, because it was Japanese who started to build railroad system of Sakhalin after 1905.
Yes, back when Sakhalin was part of Japan, after being part of China and Mongolia. Before Russia invaded it and most of the habitants fled to Japan.
Congratulations for reaching 100k subs💯💯💯🎉🎉
If the place is seismic, use the steel in cast iron for tunnel shell.
That may never happen until the Kuril Islands, a chain of barrier islands located between Hokkaido Island and the Kamchatka Peninsula, and Sakhalin are returned to the Japanese.
South Sakhalin, at any rate. Japan agreed way back in 1855 to let Russia have the northern half of the island. They'd probably be okay with keeping it that way the parts that Russia seized by force were returned. Especially since the southern half is the better part of Sakhalin anyway (winters are harsher to the north). Unfortunately that means it's also where most of the Russian residents of the island already live. And since Japan is a civilized 21st century nation, they're not in the ethnic cleansing business.
Maybe not in our lifetimes, but eventually, yes I believe this tunnel will be built.
You seem to be very old guy by your comment.
@@adriangaming4853 Thanks Adrian. I am felling pretty old already. Check out a couple of the videos on my channel and then see if you can guess my age :-)
Russia can't even construct a tunnel from their mainland to Sakhalin a six mile long endeavor. What makes one think that the Russians are capable of constructing a tunnel to Hokkaido. Besides the Kuril's takeover is something Russia refuses to resolve.
Most of these "proposal" projects seem to follow a very similar thread
What about a video on Malta to Gozo Tunnel 🇲🇹🇲🇹
I've always wanted to take a train from London to Tokyo
They should definitely build it, because if it means developing Siberia, it's better protected against Chinese expansion
Well I can see Russia giving japan the islands for a cost of the rail way and a positive thought on the tunnel but the earthquake part can be a big issue
Futurology in 3 weeks, *Elon Musk is considering a tunnel to mars*
Sakhalin actually uses the same train gauge as japan
if they did this and then a berring strait tunnel, the entire world (save oceania and south america because of the darien gap) would be connected by land
Great video as always
Potential Japanese counter-offer: "We'll build a Sakhalin-Hokkaido tunnel, if you give South Sakhalin back to us." Remember, the Kurils aren't the only islands that the USSR took away from Japan.
Japanese empire didnt exist anymore
At this point any economically viable bridges and tunnels have been buily already.
Linking Hokkaido with an obscure russian province cost billions and makes Japan less defensible.
Not to mention exorbitant price.
Blowing up an undersea channel is quite easy, if necesary
Japan may as well build a tunnel to North Korea if they're building on to Russia. Same shit.
Thats good lets goo work
Sounds great.
Awesome video!
4:28 Transport Fever LOOOOLL
Simple: bring back the Karafuto prefecture
Purtroppo i Russi non vogliono cedere nemmeno un millimetro della loro terra, anche quelle quattro isole sperdute.
L'unica soluzione è l'acquisto in ambito monetario da parte del Giappone
And yet they chose to invest in war instead.
There is Already maritime service from Japan to Vladivostok, with Rail service from there. If you want to Increase Capacity, a few more freighters, or work on the ports would be Much More cost effective. Of course, if the Artic Routes for Container Ships open up...
At the same time, east Russia and north Japan are so close together, they can probably find another way to improve the maritime routes without physically connecting the two countries
Rail transport is far faster than ships and far cheaper than air freight. It is the speed that makes rail attractive over ships.
Also ET3 Technology would mean from the UK to Japan in 1 hour.
Obviously, Russia recently named Japan as one of their targets and now we know why. They want Hokkaido. Their justification was that the Ainu people are being fairly mistreated when we barely have any left.
cool video. could you make one on the new island they are building in the sea right out of copenhagen it is called lynetteholmen 🇩🇰🏝
Great idea, thanks!
Russia want a develop East due to growing Chinese influence in the region
Really? I live in russian far east. There is no chinese influence here.
@@hererov he meant east Asia in general
@@hererov
It sounds really odd though.
@Fatal Error Chinese have claim over Russian Far East ( which the Chinese do not shy about it). Meanwhile Russia and Chinese are today allies it’s a thing out of convenience against the American influence rather than a genuine one. The Russian and the Chinese have already had friction in the past ( Sino-Chinese split in the 50’, over Mongolia) if the Americans are not going to be as influential as today in the future, the Russian better be careful over their neighbour with a billion people next to a region with around 20 millions
@@funghi2606 we are always ready to protect our land. Better worry about yourself.
This project will have to wait for another 200 years.
Russia should not give up those Islands to Japan. It will be a great mistake. Then US will put their bases to circle Russia. Japan will tell Russia that would never happen as soon as Russia gives them up Japan would let US put bases on those Islands. But remember what US told Russia about NATO would not move one inch eastward towards Russia. Now look NATO all over Russia's borders. Don't make that mistake a third time Russia.
Russia has introduced an amendment to the constitution that does not allow the alienation of territory. Economic interest is almost negligible for Russia, and that tunnel is much more in Japan's interest. Russia does not want to lose its security and territory for the sake of somewhat greater economic cooperation with Japan.
Land is sacred to russia
Then Russia can forget about the proposal since they are the one that proposed to Japan of this expensive circus project
wow didnt know that! imagine being able to drive to Japan 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
you cant just tresspass japan, you would need a passport and stuff, plus the earthquakes it would be unlikely
100,000 = population of nearby areas of proposed Japan-Russia tunnel
10,000,000 = population of nearby areas of proposed Japan-Korea tunnel that has been talked about for +100 years but never been built
Surprise that South Korea never considered the tunnel.
The relation between South Korea and Japan is also complicated, not as much as Russia-Japan but still
Impossible unless US military leaves Japan.
Then China moves in.
@@donjohn5542 or south korea
@@donjohn5542 it doesn’t mean that China will Move in. Japan is already one of the hardest countries to conquer
@@christophermbolinanipower1667 and the easiest one to sink :)
Funny how you show building drawings on the table and talking about "tunnel proposal". :-))))))) You should put thinks together.
50 billions for this? totally unfeasable. Just ship the goods.
Fun fact, the southern half of Sakhalin used to be part of Japan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karafuto_Prefecture
I always wondered why we didn't just take all of it instead of just the southern part
@@electro6202 probably cuz u lack balls down there :)
it can be strictly used for trade from tokyo all the way to china and Moscow but it would have been nice if it was populated tho it is a seismic zone
central part of Japan is even more seismicly active
Wow, Imagine driving from Japan to Panama o.0
It seems that everyone wants to build all these tunnels, but nobody is actually building them.
Seria sensacional um túnel ligando Japão com a Rússia.
I think it would be a feat worth doing and the revenue and the profit and jobs building it as well as working at it after it is mostly a win win as well as a cash cow for all .
Large chasms that are plagued by innumerable fault lines are never a problem for jet airliners. That's why it's dumb to consider spending about $100B for a treacherous ground-based tunnel like this. It's like thinking a road designed for horse and carriage would be better than a superhighway for motorized vehicles.
Big fan of the channel! Been here since 20k!
Same
Ain't the proposal is the bridge, instead of a tunnel?
Not sure which is more bonkers..... The Russia to Japan tunnel or the proposed canal linking the black sea to Austria 🤔
Austria is connected to the black sea by the river Danube
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Exchanging the disputed islands for Japan's expertise in the tunnel seems to be a win-win for all and will see the tunnel being built.
Don't see why not, it's a little more than 26 miles
It is not possible for Russia to give the Kuryl island as it would leave the Mainland without defense. But an agreement can be made for the two small islands in the Southern Kuryl which were already proposed decades ago.
Russia has introduced an amendment to the constitution that does not allow the alienation of territory. Economic interest is almost negligible for Russia, and that tunnel is much more in Japan's interest. Russia does not want to lose its security and territory for the sake of somewhat greater economic cooperation with Japan.
Is it a standard gauge railway?
There is no world-wide standard gauge. Japan itself has 2 gauges and Russia has 3 gauges. But I think for rail-mounted 20- and 40-foot containers it would be a matter of aligning the loaded and unloaded trains on parallel tracks and having a series of small specialist cranes (spreaders) to lift the containers from the flat cars of one train to the other.