People’s expressions can be seen in a film likely from what is now the Iriya district in Tokyo’s Taito Ward at 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 1, 1923, the day of the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Items from the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are on display at the memorial museum in Yokoamicho Park in Tokyo. Here, a warped clock is frozen minutes after the quake struck at 11:58 a.m. on Sept. 1 ...

Memorial ceremonies and disaster drills were held across the nation on Sept. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, which devastated the capital and surrounding areas.

The Great Kanto Earthquake map. NHK has hundreds of photos of the destruction and suffering caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake. They were sent in by viewers over the years.

09/01/2023 September 1, 2023. Japan is marking 100 years since a devastating earthquake triggered a widespread inferno in Kanto, a region that includes the capital, Tokyo.

Japan's prime minister takes part in a televised earthquake disaster drill on the 100th anniversary of a temblor that devastated the Tokyo region. Japan marks centennial of devastating Great Kanto ...

100 years have passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Although filmed records of its aftermath exist, the footage held flaws making it difficult to identify locations or times, obscuring ...

TOKYO >> 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 ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake that hit eastern Japan in 1923 caused approximately 105,000 causalities in Tokyo and surrounding areas. It is reported that about 90 percent of the victims were killed ...

TOKYO -- An organization in the capital has been creating a database of victims of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and aims to release it within this ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake struck on Sept. 1, 1923, killing 28 Indians in the city and affecting 88 others. The city responded with relief for them, including constructing housing.