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 ...

“This film, a representative documentary on the Great Kanto Earthquake, offers an overall view of how society responded from the immediate aftermath to reconstruction,” said Akira ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake was a magnitude 8.0-class ... would have to tackle the colossal challenge of recovery and reconstruction. It is also vital to create an efficient system to receive ...

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 ...

The first was built in 1922, but along with the surrounding settlements, it was devastated by a massive landslide during the Great Kanto Earthquake the following year. The reconstruction work that ...

The film is set on September 1th, 1923 , when a huge earthquake hits Tokyo . The quake caused buildings to collapse, and the city was reduced to ashes by fire. The Great Kanto Earthquake killed ...