Natural topography of Japan. View of Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) in Japan. View of Mount Fuji seen with its iconic snow cap. A man rows a boat on one of the Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fujigoko) near Mount Fuji. Farmers trekking towards Mount Fuji. Shinto pilgrims travel on foot as a group to the Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (富士山本宮浅間大社 1-1 Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka 418-0067, Japan) within downtown Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture, before ascending to Mt. Fuji. Pilgrims trek Mount Fuji. Pilgrims arrive at the Shinto shrine on top of Mount Fuji. A Shinto priest blesses the pilgrims. Volcanic craters without snow. An active volcano in Japan. Smoke emanates from active Japanese volcanoes. Japanese people sing traditional songs while at work. Japanese people at a shrine. Violent tidal waves splash at a coast. Household items fall from shelves during an earthquake inside a house in Japan. People search in the rubble of a house destroyed after the 1923 Kanto earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama. Medics carry casualties on stretchers. Refugees crowd a park after losing their homes from an earthquake. Widespread fire in Tokyo after an earthquake. Japanese family visit thermal springs. Mud bubbling. Islands and rocky cliffs in Japan. Farmer tilling his land near a river.Natural topography of Japan. View of Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan) in Japan. View of Mount Fuji seen with its iconic snow cap. A man rows a boat on one of the Fuji Five Lakes (富士五湖, Fujigoko) near Mount Fuji. Farmers trekking towards Mount Fuji. Shinto pilgrims travel on foot as a group to the Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (富士山本宮浅間大社 1-1 Miyacho, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka 418-0067, Japan) within downtown Fujinomiya, Shizuoka prefecture, before ascending to Mt. Fuji. Pilgrims trek Mount Fuji. Pilgrims arrive at the Shinto shrine on top of Mount Fuji. A Shinto priest blesses the pilgrims. Volcanic craters without snow. An active volcano in Japan. Smoke emanates from active Japanese volcanoes. Japanese people sing traditional songs while at work. Japanese people at a shrine. Violent tidal waves splash at a coast. Household items fall from shelves during an earthquake inside a house in Japan. People search in the rubble of a house destroyed after the 1923 Kanto earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama. Medics carry casualties on stretchers. Refugees crowd a park after losing their homes from an earthquake. Widespread fire in Tokyo after an earthquake. Japanese family visit thermal springs. Mud bubbling. Islands and rocky cliffs in Japan. Farmer tilling his land near a river.
Scenes captured by newsreel cameramen in Tokyo during fire after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake. Population fleeing flames, attempting to save belongings. Wrecked houses along side of street. Policemen and civilians in street.
The entrance to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan. View of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the Kasumigaseki district before it was destroyed by fire during the Great Kanto Earthquake. A car drives away from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Pedestrians walking outside the Ministry of Justice building (1-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013). View of the Imperial Diet building, now known as the National Diet building (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). Emperor Hirohito on horseback inspects Japanese troops. Marching Imperial Japanese Army troops before World War II. Emperor Hirohito boards a Japanese Navy ship. Sailors in Japanese Navy ships.
Rural population of Japan engaged in war production and support of Japan during World War 2. Japanese rural area shows farm families outside native huts. Women cook food, pump water and wash vegetables in creek. Mud and wood huts with straw roofs. Farmers in field. Harvesting in farm. Lumbers piled up outside a building. Civilian men work with lumber. Women prepare handicrafts outside house. Home industries. Interiors show workers at work including men, women, and children working in war effort. Japanese family eats food and elderly Japanese woman smokes a pipe. Japanese people walk through rubble and debris after Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. Shows areas of rubble and workers digging through earthquake rubble, along with United States citizens involved in effort on the ground and through material relief support from America.
Speeches held during May Day demonstrations in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese laborers, agrarians and white collar workers gather and listen to a speaker in the Imperial Park. The speaker on a makeshift stand is Mr. Kenichi Ito, Kanto District Trade Union. People listen to the speaker. A group of girls with red bandanas on their head. A group of people sit on the ground and listen to the speaker. Red Cross Japanese nurses. Another speaker is Mr. Yoshira II, a congressman representing the Socialists party. A Communist congressman speaks to the group of workers.
Fires and earthquake in Niigata, Japan. Electric poles broken and heavy destruction caused after earthquake in Japan. Showa Shell Sekiyu oil depot catches fire. Huge clouds of smoke arise from depot. Train compartments burn near the railway track. People take refuge in city parks. 1964 Niigata earthquake damage shows tilted houses and buildings destroyed by liquefaction. Workers dig and use shovels. People lined up for drinking water and rations. Children and old women sitting on the grass at a park.