A former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member who served on the assembly's special committee to investigate power harassment and ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5.46am (4.46am, Singapore time), the exact time that the quake - Japan's ...

By David McNeill Historical turning points sometimes announce themselves with a bang but often they sneak past us, almost ...

KOBE--People gathered at Kobe East Park ... 7.3 quake was at the northern part of Awajishima island in Hyogo Prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency measured a maximum 7 on the country ...

The western city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6 ...

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary ...

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

Hyogo Prefecture is also calling on the central government to pick Kansai as the base of a new disaster relief agency ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives. On ...