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A century on from the Great Kanto Earthquake, movements are ongoing to commemorate the massacres of Korean residents unjustly targeted in its wake by baseless rumors, alongside other innocent lives lost in the witch-hunt.

Japan marks the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas, killing an estimated 105,000 people.

In the aftermath of the quake, many Korean residents were massacred over false rumors that they were causing riots or poisoning wells.

This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day.

Japan on Friday marked the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the capital and surrounding areas, killing an estimated 105,000 people in the deadliest natural disaster in the country's history. Ceremonies were held across the country to honor those who lost th...

Sept. 1 marks the centenary of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

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The facility presented the features to the media ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that struck in September 1923.

With Japan gripped by a heat wave, an increasing number of local governments are setting up air-conditioned havens for exhausted residents.

Heat waves combined with high humidity are weighing particularly heavily on the nation’s 36 million people age 65 and over, who are at much greater risk of severe illness and death.