What Tokyo learned from the tragic 1923 Kanto earthquake

What Tokyo learned from the tragic 1923 Kanto earthquake
Visitors to the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park see displays on the likely impact of major tremors. (Image: Bloomberg)
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By Shoko OdaSept 1 marked a century since a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, leaving some 100,000 people dead or missing and much of the city destroyed by fire. Government experts see a 70% chance of a magnitude-7 earthquake taking place right underneath the capital within the next three decades, which could cost 95 trillion yen (NZ$1.08t) in economic damages, according to estimates. That looming threat keeps Tokyo on its toes. Last year it earmarked 15 trillion yen for natural disaster resiliency pr...

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