Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tokyo, the spirits of 122 royal predecessors blessed the marriage of Pr.nce Regent Hirohito to Princess Nagako, solemnized according to Shinto rites. It was the consummation of a love match, much opposed by the Elder Statesmen...
...Words fail us to express our feelings of deep thanks for the sympathy you showed us on the occasion of the recent seismic disaster. Not only are the citizens of Tokyo and other cities and towns who were stricken by the calamity unfeignedly grateful for your humane help and compassion, but the whole Japanese people shares the feeling. We have been impressed more than ever by the fact that all men are brothers throughout the world and cannot refrain from offering you our sincere thanks...
...desire to convey to you our gratitude for your cordial friendship has long animated the minds of the citizens of Tokyo and, besides undergoing the present hardships, the citizens are busily occupied in preparing against the approaching cold of winter. They have not, therefore, so far had an opportunity to carry their desire into effect...
Baron Yoshiro Sakatani, former Minister of Education, spoke thus in the House of Peers at Tokyo...
...quake, 30 lives were lost. Many hundreds of dwellings collapsed, chiefly those that were damaged in September or temporary habitations. Railways, roads, telephone and telegraph were put out of action in many places. Several fires broke out, but were soon extinguished. Water works and mains in Yokohama and Tokyo were broken, flooding streets and houses. Some piers were wrecked at Yokohama, but the damage to shipping was reported to have been negligible...