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The 1945 Mikawa earthquake (三河地震, Mikawa jishin) occurred off Aichi prefecture, Japan at 03:38 AM on January 13. As it occurred during World War II, information about the disaster was censored. [1] Efforts at keeping the disaster secret hampered relief efforts and contributed to the high death toll.
Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis. World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War encapsulate a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.
For the most part, Suzuki's military-dominated cabinet favored continuing the war. For the Japanese, surrender was unthinkable—Japan had never been successfully invaded or lost a war in its history. [18] Only Mitsumasa Yonai, the Navy minister, was known to desire an early end to the war. [19] According to historian Richard B. Frank:
The Summary. Japan’s meteorological agency on Thursday issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory.” The warning followed a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the country’s southern coast.
The Soviet–Japanese War [e] was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia , as well as ...
In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States or the Liedu scale used in China, meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake releases at its epicenter (its magnitude ...
Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous seabed zone along the Pacific ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern coast of Japan on Thursday, Aug. 8, prompting the country to issue its first “megaquake” warning. ... prompting the country to issue its first ...