{"slug": "yokohama", "label": "Yokohama", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38283", "qid": "Q38283", "description": "designated city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1885, 1965], "span_label": ["1885 CE", "1965 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "july", "label": "July", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peru", "label": "Peru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-america", "label": "South America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July", "text": "July – Japan Brewery, predecessor of Kirin Holdings, is founded in Yokohama, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#July", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – English adventurer Thomas Stevens concludes the first circumnavigation by bicycle in Yokohama, having set out on his penny-farthing from San Francisco in 1884.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#December", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Japanese immigration to South America, primarily Peru, begins as the ship Sakura Maru departs from Yokohama with 790 men employed by the Morioka-shokai Sugar Company. The group arrives in Callao on April 3.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#February", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing more than 100,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#September–October", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist \"Tokyo Rose\", is arrested in Yokohama.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#September", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Sakuragichō train fire: in Yokohama, Japan, a fire on a train kills more than 100.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#April", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#February", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November", "text": "Tsurumi rail accident: A triple train disaster in Yokohama kills 161.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#November", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – The largest tanker ship at this time, Tokyo Maru, is launched in Yokohama, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September–October", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › September–October"}}]}