In the 30 years before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, there were 72 such quakes. In the 30 years since then, though, there have been 410 rated a 5 lower or above. It is impossible to make a ...

She was asked about how disaster education has changed after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and how she hopes to spread the initiatives to the world.

We asked her about how disaster education has changed after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and how she hopes to spread the initiatives to the world.

The Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated the Kobe area 28 years ago on Jan. 17, 1995. That year became known as “the first year of volunteers” because the disaster prompted spontaneous social ...

At 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, people across Kobe and the Kansai region observed a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which claimed 6,434 lives. At Kobe East ...

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Kinae Miyata speaks on behalf of the families of local victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake at an anniversary memorial service in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025. (Mainichi ...

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The internet was still in its early days when the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck in 1995. At the time of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, it took more than half a day for on-the-ground ...

The "171 Disaster Emergency Message Dial," which was developed based on lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck on Jan. 17, 1995, also requires entering the recipient's phone number.

TOKYO -- For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have looked like the class of the National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two ...

TOKYO — Maybe the Hanshin Tigers are baseball’s real evil empire. One day after the Japanese team, which plays in the Nippon Professional Baseball league, shut out the Chicago Cubs in an ...