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The Great Kanto Earthquake Massacre Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine – OhmyNews; The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event. 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake – Fire Tornado – Video | Check123 – Video encyclopedia
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida staged a televised disaster drill Friday based on a fictional earthquake in the capital region, as his country marked the centennial of the real-life 1923 ...
The second is the 1986 film The Disposed-of Koreans: The Great Kanto Earthquake and Camp Narashino (払い下げられた朝鮮人: 関東大震災と習志野収容所, Haraisagerareta Chōsenjin: Kantō Daishinsai to Narashino shūyōjo). [59] [60] [61]
On September 1, 1923, the Great Kantō earthquake struck Tokyo and Yokohama and martial law was imposed in the aftermath of the earthquake. [2] On the evening of September 3, the Kameido police in Tokyo began arresting known social activists, suspecting that they would "spread disorder or forment revolution amid the confusion".
On September 1, 1923, Tokyo and surrounding areas were devastated by a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake, with a death toll of over 100,000 people [1] from the disaster, including a large number of Koreans and socialists murdered by mobs. [2] [3]
During the Great Kantō earthquake, at two minutes before noon on September 1, 1923, the local train of the Atami-Odawara Line was travelling south towards Manazuru and was stopped at Nebukawa Station. The earthquake caused a mudslide, which covered the station, sweeping the station building, platforms, and train into the ocean, 45 meters down ...
September 1, 1923: Earthquake kills over 100,000 people in Japan, leaves two million homeless September 8, 1923: Seven U.S. Navy destroyers wrecked during exercises September 14, 1923: Champion Dempsey knocked out of the ring by challenger Firpo. The following events occurred in September 1923:
Today, Japan has more ... explaining how the widespread destruction of new European-style brick and stone buildings in the 1891 Mino-Owari earthquake and 1923 Great Kanto quake led to new laws on ...