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Strange statues and folklore haunt Japan's Yokai town
Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the ...
Life in Japan: Has the post-truth era finally arrived in this country?
By David McNeill Historical turning points sometimes announce themselves with a bang but often they sneak past us, almost ...
A Trip through Hyogo's Breathtaking Scenery
Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...
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Japan marks 30th anniversary of deadly Kobe quake
People gather around lanterns highlighting the date of the quake to mark the 29th anniversary of the "Great Hanshin ...
Japan marks 30 years since Kobe quake that killed over 6,400
The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday (Jan 17) marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 ...
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Japan commemorates 1995 earthquake, prepares for future quakes
People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives. On ...
NHK survey: 53% of Hanshin-Awaji quake survivors have not shared their stories
An NHK survey has shown that a majority of respondents who survived the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake have not shared ...
30 years after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude ...
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World’s oldest person dies in Japan aged 116
Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, central Japan ... than 227,000 people died in the December ...
Clock on Hyogo planetarium to stop in memory of 1995 quake
A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...