1923 Great Kantō earthquake people in Tokyo and other areas, causing major tsunamis, and creating major firestorms. In the film adaptation of "Japan Sinks", "Nihon Chinbotsu", the Sagami Trough ruptures in a massive earthquake called "The Second Great Kanto Earthquake". In the manga (comic) adaptation of "Japan Sinks", the Second Kantō Earthquake killed over five million. In the historical fantasy novel "Teito Monogatari" (Hiroshi Aramata) a supernatural explanation is given for the cause of the Great Kantō earthquake, connecting it with the principles of feng shui. In Oswald Wynd's novel "The Ginger Tree", Mary Mackenzie survives the earthquake, and later bases her clothes designing
Kanto Plainsman all Air Force newspapers was intended as key source of command information. A Japanese-language version of the paper was published for Japanese nationals working at the above-mentioned American Air Force facilities. The final issue of Kanto Plainsman, Vol. X No. 16, was published on 24 April 1970. On that date it was merged with the Yokota Air Base newspaper The Afterburner, which was renamed the Fuji Flyer. The demise of "Kanto Plainsman" occurred soon after flying operations ceased at Tachikawa and the Air Force began its Kanto Plain Consolidation Program. MSgt George E. O'Brien was the "Kanto Plainsman"'s editor for