JAPAN: More Post-Quake Facts

The following news relative to the recent earthquake which partially destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama was received.

Official Figures. The Japanese Foreign Offices estimated the number of killed by earthquake at 103,000; injured, 125,000; missing, 235,000. The population of Tokyo decreased from 2,498,000 people to 1,430,000. Some 634,000 houses were destroyed by quake, fire or water.

Naval Denial. The Japanese Embassy, in Washington issued a denial of the report (TIME, Oct, 1) that U. S. and other foreign warships were refused admittance to proceed, through the fortified zone between Yokohama and Tokyo. It...

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