JAPAN-TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA

JAPAN- TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA

Japan-Tokyo (Capital) and Yokohama; Are cities in Japan. Both with a population of 37millions inhabitants. Japan is a country that is exposed to tsunami and earthquakes. Tokyo and Yokohama region is the riskiest region in the world, which are exposed to disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tsunami and monsoons. Also these are the most popular place in Japan, which is rated the expensive cities to live in.

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Tokyo and Yokohama inhabitants were devastated in the “Great earthquake” of 1923. The earthquake claims more than 140,000 lives. During then homes were built close to each other, these homes were made of Bamboo and Wood. Open fires were used for heating,cooking etc, but this made it easy for fires to start burning during the earthquakes. The heat of the fires caused tornado, and a large group of people living in the shallow lake area of Asakusa     died as a result of the fires which sucked all the Oxygen in the air.

Tokyo and Yokohama have growth to become Great metropolitan area.                                         Tokyo is the most populous metropolitan area in the world.