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Giving Earthquake Children the Voice they Deserve One Hundred Years Later

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Janet Borland
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Disaster risk reduction experts and organizations across Tokyo are using the 100th anniversary of the Great Kantō Earthquake as an opportunity to not only remember the disaster, but also to urge residents to rethink their disaster preparedness in anticipation of the next big earthquake. At Yokoamichō Park, the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Association worked with local primary schools in Sumida ward to bring to life precious records written by children who experienced the 1923 earthquake and fires. From September 2023, a multi-media compilation of children's accounts will be featured in a new exhibition at the Great Kantō Earthquake Memorial Museum.

Keywords

Great Kantō Earthquake Memorial MuseumTokyoHonjoSumida wardprimary schoolschildren's essays and drawingsanniversary events
Type
Research Article
Information
Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , September 2023 , e4
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