AWAJI, Hyogo Prefecture--After nearly a quarter-century, a museum here dedicated to passing down the lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake is struggling with falling visitor numbers ...

Japan: 30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake Posted: January 20, 2025 | Last updated: January 20, 2025 Kobe, Japan - January 16, 2025 Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo ...

The western Japan city of Kobe observed 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated it and other parts of Hyogo Prefecture, with ceremonies including early-morning prayers and ...

The probability of a “megaquake” happening in Japan within the next 30 years has risen to over 80 per cent, the government’s earthquake investigation panel found. A megaquake is defined as ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake took place on January 17, 1995, devastating Kobe and the surrounding area. Ahead of its thirtieth anniversary, the Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 ...

Residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 1995 ...

Hyogo Prefecture marked the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on Friday with memories of what happened, a desire to pass on the lessons learned to future generations and calls ...

People in Japan are marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck before dawn on January ...

KOBE -- A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still trades stocks daily, earning him the nickname "Japan's Warren ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck a municipality in Southern Leyte on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.