NHK's archives house an extensive collection of photographs and videos of central Tokyo taken soon after the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit eastern Japan in 1923. In a then-and-now series ...

A circa 1925 woodcut by Unpo Takashima depicts Tokyo ... Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The 1923 temblor traumatized Japan. In Yokohama Harbor, the Empress of Australia would shelter refugees ...

Walk through Japan’s energetic urban heart and see a vibrant, creative culture that bounced back from war and natural disaster. Pedestrians, shoppers, and people-watchers stroll on Chuo-dori in ...

1, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were engulfed by horrific fires spawned by the Great Kanto Earthquake ... was appointed as home minister the day after the earthquake. Goto devised a grand plan ...

In 1923, Tokyo lay in ruins after the devastation of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Just seven years later, it was a city reborn: from the iconic Ginza shopping center to the world famous Kabuki-za ...

Lang Collection) See more archival images of the Kanto Earthquake ... us loomed the great expanse of the nimbus from the Yokohama fires, and farther away, the reflection of the Tokyo conflagration ...

Even after the quake itself subsided, the tragedy of the Great Kanto Earthquake was only beginning ... applying the century-old vision of Tokyo to the modern era. 2024 New York Festivals TV ...

Japan has dealt with earthquakes for millennia, but it was the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which struck right at the ...

1 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, which devastated ... The prime minister arrived just after 11 a.m. aboard a Self-Defense Forces aircraft and observed training ...