1923 Great Kantō Earthquake (関東大震災), Etc. - Pathe Newsreel (1923) | Tokyo

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1923 Pathe Newsreel Japanese disaster -Earthquake, Tidal Wave in Yokohama and Tokyo. (1923 Great Kantō earthquake) Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake Helen Wills Tenis Champion U.S. Dirigible C-2

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Some 6,000 Koreans were murdered by vigilantes - often with police and military cooperation - because of false rumors of Koreans poisoning wells and rioting. The Japanese government has ever after tried to cover up the truth of this Massacre. The recent resurgence of hate-rhetoric in Japan, callling for the murder of Koreans (yes, you read correctly - street demonstrators openly call for the killing of Koreans and raping of Korean women), is just a new chapter in a long ugly tradition in Japan.