At the age of eight, he went with his father, grandmother, and older sister to Japan. Little did any of them suspect that three years after fleeing eastward to Japan, they would again encounter great misfortune, this time brought on by the Kanto Earthquake.
八歲時，父親於是帶著劉其偉、姊姊和祖母倉皇逃往日本。沒想到離鄉東渡的劉家人，竟然在移民日本的第三年，又碰上一場驚天動地的大災變──關東大地震。