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Tokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake

Tokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake

Name: Tokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake
Uploaded: 2023-11-16T12:46:17.274Z
Duration: 26 min 17 s
Description: Christopher Harding revisits the catastrophic earthquake that levelled much of Tokyo 100 years ago

Christopher Harding revisits the catastrophic earthquake that levelled much of Tokyo more than 100 years ago

Published: April 4, 2024 at 10:47 AM

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On 1 September 1923, the streets of Tokyo began to shudder. It was the first warning sign that something terrible was coming – a devastating earthquake that would level much of the city. But, as historian Dr Christopher Harding tells Ellie Cawthorne, the Great Kantō earthquake wasn’t just a natural disaster – it also exposed deep lying social and political divides.

Read more from Chris Harding: The Great Kantō earthquake: a 1923 disaster that left Tokyo in ruins