Ruins of burned streetcars after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Tokyo. Photo: Shutterstock

‘That racism is still there’: film to relive slaughter of Koreans after Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake

Rumours that Koreans in Tokyo were looting and committing arson after the 1923 quake saw Japanese vigilantes kill them by the thousands. Filmmaker Oh Choong-kong returns to the subject 30 years after his first works

Topic | South Korea

Julian Ryall

Published: 11:16am, 7 Oct, 2018

Updated: 11:16am, 7 Oct, 2018

Ruins of burned streetcars after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Tokyo. Photo: Shutterstock

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Julian Ryall

Julian Ryall never expected to still be in Japan 24 years after he first arrived, but he quickly realised its advantages over his native London. He lives in Yokohama with his wife and children and writes for publications around the world.