In 1994, a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, killing 61 people and causing widespread damage. In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area ...

On January 17, 1995, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 devastated large parts of central Japan and caused the deaths of 6,434 people. In Kobe, residents observed a moment of silence at 5.46am – the ...

Kobe, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--As Friday marked the 30th anniversary of a devastating earthquake that rocked Kobe and other western Japan areas, bereaved families prayed for victims and renewed their ...

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 ...

Kobe, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Store owners ... are welcoming students on school trips from all over Japan to help revitalize the area. Kiyoto Morisaki, 72, president of Kinki Taxi Co., who proposed ...

KOBE, (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo) The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday (Jan 17) marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed over 6,400 people ...

KOBE -- A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ... him a pair of slippers. The area was severely damaged, and ...

He was bleeding from a head wound. The house is in a residential area about 500 meters south of Shin-Nagata Station on the JR Kobe Line. Police are looking for the owner of the house on suspicion of ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5:46 am, the exact time that the quake -- Japan's second ... to the busy harbour area dealt a severe blow to Kobe's economy, sparking a ...

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.

Friday will mark 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck western Japan. Local governments in the region, including Kobe City ... to redevelop urban areas and rebuild infrastructure.