Sixty Seconds that Will Change the World: The Coming Tokyo EarthquakeIn the 1990s Tokyo will start to experience earthquakes culminating in a catastrophe on the scale of the 1923 tremor that killed 140,000 people. This time however the effects of such an earthquake in Tokyo will be world-wide. The collapse of Japan's industrial production will lead to a major world recession together with a dramatic fall in currency values and world GNPs. |
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One The Great Kanto Earthquake | 1 |
Two The Danger Zone | 15 |
Three Generally Speaking There is no Cause | 39 |
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