Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe was installed as Prime Minister of Japan for the second in the wake of the death of Katō Tomosaburō, who had died on August 24.
The Kantō Massacre (関東大虐殺) of non-Japanese minorities began in Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake of hte prior day. Vigilantes targeted Korean on the island of Honshu, at first with the encouragement of local police, and then with the participation of police and the Imperial Japanese Army. Approximately 6,000 people of Korean, Chinese or Ryukyuan descent were killed following rumors that minorities were seeking to overthrow the Japanese government during the chaos following the earthquake. The violence would continue through the 16th with the Army turning on left wing groups.
100,000 German nationalist gathered in Nuremberg for "German Day", comm orating the German victory over the French at Sedan in the Franco Prussian War. In Stuttgart, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann suggested that passive resistance to French occupation should end.
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