Friday will mark 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck western Japan. Local governments in the region, including Kobe City, are still under a heavy financial burden from the quake ...
A memorial event for thousands of victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake has started in Kobe City, western Japan, on ...
Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, was announced as one of the newest members ...
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako flew from Haneda Airport on the morning of January 16 to attend the Memorial ...
On Jan. 17, 1995, as the Great Hanshin Earthquake ravaged Kobe, a baby named Mitsuaki Gatayama entered the world. Mitsuaki ...
Etsuko Sato, a resident of the Hyogo Prefecture city of Kakogawa, receives an email on Jan. 17 every year -- the anniversary ...
Kiyoto Morisaki, 72, president of Kinki Taxi, who proposed the program to show the current state of Nagata Ward, said he ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake epicenter was at sea. There were no reports of serious damage.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled Japan, followed by tsunami advisories. Residents in the coastal city of Kochi were told to ...
JAPAN issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the country on Monday. The quake was at a depth of 23 ...
GENEVA (Switzerland) - World Economic Forum launches its annual Global Risks report (0900 GMT) BERLIN (Germany) - International Grune Woche (Green Week), food and agriculture trade fair (0900 GMT) (To ...