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This is a list of Japanese disasters by their death toll.Included in the list are disasters both natural and man-made, but it excludes acts of war and epidemics.The disasters occurred in Japan and its territories or involved a significant number of Japanese citizens in a specific event, where the loss of life was 30 or more.
The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Deaths had reached 98 earlier in the ...
At least two people were killed by the tsunami in Ukai Horyumachi District, [123] however the total tsunami death toll may have been at least 26 including 24 in Ukai Horyumachi. [124] The tsunami in Ukai Horyumachi reached up to 5.45 m (17.9 ft) and almost every building in the town within a block of the coast was swept away or damaged beyond ...
WAJIMA, Japan (Reuters) -The confirmed death toll from the New Year's Day earthquake in Japan reached 110 on Saturday as a search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings entered a sixth ...
Japan issued a Tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes struck the Sea of Japan on New Year's Day. ... Vanessa Williams to miss 'Devil Wears Prada' performances after death of beloved mom.
This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster and lists them accordingly. ... Japan Earthquake September 1 1924 1,000 Great ...
Aftershocks continued to jolt Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from a series of strong earthquakes rose to at least 64.. Earlier, Japan’s prime minister Fumio Kishida said rescuers were in a ...
The most devastating recorded natural disaster to affect Japan by death toll was the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, which killed ~105,000 and a further ~6,000 due to the Kantō Massacre in its immediate aftermath. Japan has also been the site of some of the 10 worst natural disasters of the 21st century.