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 ...

Kishida was to participate in a joint earthquake drill hosted by Sagamihara and joined by eight cities, including Tokyo. The Great Kanto Quake came 13 years after Japan’s colonial rule of the ...

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.

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.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, second left, speaks during a disaster drill at his office in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. On Friday, Japan marked the centennial of the 1923 Great Kanto ...

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 ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake, which destroyed property assets that amounted to more than one-third of GNP, had short- and long-term impacts on various aspects of the economy. In the event of a serious ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake - Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo: Part 1. 100 years have passed since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Although filmed records of its aftermath exist, the footage held ...

A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...