Looking across to the Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake Kesennuma City Memorial Museum (center) from the Iwaisaki scenic spot. A continuous high breakwater is being constructed along the coast.

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 ...

Following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, some 40,000 people who had fled their homes perished on this site when sparks set clothing and bedding alight. The ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, a newly opened facility in the township of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, educates visitors about 3.11 and ongoing efforts to ...

Hiroko Ishikawa, 65, who recounts her experience of March 11, 2011, to visitors at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Fukushima Prefecture, gave her first talk ...

In 1872, the original Yokohama Station (now known as Sakuragicho Station) was opened, with a brand new train line running directly to Tokyo’s Shimbashi Station.

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 Economist's response to the Great Kanto earthquake of September 1923. Mar 14th 2011. Share. By The Economist online.

The National WWI Museum and Memorial recently unveiled a collection of 500 GIFs from the Great War. (United States Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections) Like Peter Jackson’s critically ...

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.

This partially altered photo shows a 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake victim survey form that has been stored at the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall in the capital's Sumida Ward. (Photo provided by ...

The National Museum of the Great Lakes has been a gateway to the city of Toledo along the banks of the Maumee River since 2014. But it has outgrown the space, so a multi-million dollar expansion ...