The date was September 1, 1923, and the event was the Great Kanto Earthquake, at the time considered the worst natural disaster ever to strike quake-prone Japan. The initial jolt was followed a ...

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 ...

1 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, which devastated the capital and surrounding areas. The disaster left more than 105,000 people dead or missing. Many died in the ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 marked a moment of unprecedented material destruction and cultural rupture in modern Japan. The disaster soon became subject to human interpretation and ...

On Sept. 1, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were engulfed by horrific fires spawned by the Great Kanto Earthquake. A century later, Japanese should ask themselves whether the nation’s capital ...

Great Kanto Earthquake caused violent tremors, tsunami and mudslides The magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake hit at 11:58 a.m. on September 1, 1923. It caused violent tremors, tsunami and mudslides.

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 ...

Yes, Yokosoka, the great naval station was a total wreck ... (AP Photo) See more archival images of the Kanto Earthquake. ‘I’ve got to push on. We’ve got to get through.’ ...

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 ...

The president of the public broadcaster discusses its last 100 years, driving gains at its commercial arm and more.

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

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 fire raged for nearly a day and a ...