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

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

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

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 ...

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

Japan has observed the 30th anniversary of Kobe's 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. NHK World anchor Yoshioka Takuma ...

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

Heavy damage to the busy harbour area dealt a severe blow to Kobe's economy, sparking a population exodus over the following months and years. Japan experiences more than 1,000 earthquakes every year.

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 ...

The expert mentioned poor environments at evacuation centers as one of the problems persisting since the Great Hanshin ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, ...