The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on Jan. 17, 1995. That year came to be called “Borantia Gannen” (literally, “first year ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that ...

A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...

The advance reservation system for admission to the World Exposition in Osaka starting in April was one of the key issues raised at a meeting of participating countries and companies held in western ...

January 2025, 600 organizers and representatives from the countries participating in Expo 2025 Osaka gathered at the Himeji ...

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 ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako flew from Haneda Airport on the morning of January 16 to attend the Memorial ...

An NHK survey found that more than 60 percent of the survivors of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake feel that memories ...

Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, is announced as one of the newest members ...

On Jan. 17, 1995, as the Great Hanshin Earthquake ravaged Kobe, a baby named Mitsuaki Gatayama entered the world. Mitsuaki ...