Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people. In 1996, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life in prison and 16 others were also ...

The "Luminarie" illumination event opens on Jan. 24, 2025, in Kobe in memory of the victims of the January 1995 Great Hanshin ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that killed over 6,400 people, with many hoping to keep alive ...

On Jan. 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and surrounding areas ... perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

Store owners in Kobe's Nagata Ward, battered by a powerful earthquake 30 years ago, are welcoming students on school trips from all over Japan to help revitalize the area. Kiyoto Morisaki ...

A professor at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Center at Kobe University Hospital, KOTANI ...

The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on Jan. 17, 1995. That year came to be called “Borantia Gannen” (literally, “first year of volunteering”) in Japan because that was the first time ...

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, often referred to as “the birthplace of volunteerism” in ...