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An estimated 70.61 million people in Japan--more than half of the country’s population--watched the July 23 Olympic Opening Ceremony on TV, according to audience rating firm Video Research Ltd.
News Japan » Kanto » People: Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio ...
News Japan » Kanto » People: ‘It hurts my heart’: Japan’s Kanto massacre, 100 years on
Masao Nishizaki, director of the Housenka foundation stands next to a memorial for the victims outside his home in Sumida Ward in Tokyo – Copyright AFP Richard A ...
News Japan » Kanto » People: Japan Marks 100th Anniversary of the 1923 Kanto Massacre
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 to ...
News Japan » Kanto » People: Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide
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 real-life ...