Tokyo was left in ruins following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. Hulton Deutsch/Corbis/Getty Images. The piecemeal evolution of building regulations continued through the 20th century.

The date marks the Great Kanto earthquake, a 7.9-magnitude tremor that struck near the capital back in 1923. The ensuing disaster killed at least 105,000 people, ...

This September marks the 100 anniversary of the 1923 Kanto earthquake disaster, which killed more than 100,000 people and left millions homeless in Greater Tokyo. It’s the only natural disaster ...

Japan's prime minister has staged a televised a disaster drill in which he declared a fictional state of emergency based on a real-life earthquake that devastated the capital region a century ago.