Japan, king of land reclamation in Asia, has only taken to such projects in protected areas with low wind and waves, such as Tokyo Bay. There was even staged dike building in Tokyo Bay several hundred years ago.
東方的造陸王國日本，也只在風平浪靜的海灣，如東京灣、大阪灣變花樣，東京灣甚至由幾百年前江戶時代就陸續圍填。