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 ...

A local planetarium damaged in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake will observe its 30th anniversary on Jan. 17 by stopping its ...

A picture book has been created based on the true story of parents and their child born on January 17, 1995, when a major ...

Japan’s insurance giants are selling over RM250b in shares after getting caught colluding in the wake of costly disasters ...

A Kobe municipal employee, born three weeks before the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, was dispatched as a support worker for ...

KOBE--Sake brewers nearly put out of business by the Great Hanshin Earthquake will mark the 30th anniversary of the disaster ...