TOKYO -- NTT Data and six other companies have developed technology that can instantaneously gather data on underground infrastructure locations, providing a boost to efforts to update Japan's aging network that has led to sinkholes and other safety concerns.
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NTT Data, others create tech to find aging buried infrastructure
Full replacement of water pipes would take estimated 100-plus years at current rate
Workers install a new gas pipe. The location information of such infrastructure is often still managed on paper. (Tokyo Gas Network)
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