Spread the loveIntroduction Kobe, located in the Hyogo Prefecture, is a vibrant port city known for its scenic beauty, ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5.46am (4.46am, Singapore time), the exact time that the quake - Japan's second deadliest since World War II - struck the port city.

Like in many other areas of Japan, the population is dwindling in Hyogo Prefecture and its capital, Kobe. City officials in May said Kobe’s population could fall below 1.5 million by the end of ...

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

But disasters keep occurring, such as a large quake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan at the start of last year. At Kobe East Park in Chuo Ward of Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture's capital ...

Residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and surrounding areas in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan ... In recent years, ...

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

KOBE, Japan (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of ... time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 1995, leaving 6,434 people dead as many homes ...