By HIROKI KOIKE/ Staff Writer
January 14, 2020 at 18:40 JST
Yoshio Fukumoto points to the part of the Hanshin Expressway where he and others narrowly escaped death in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The photo was taken in December 2019. (Toyokazu Kosugi)
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo Prefecture--Coach driver Yoshio Fukumoto was weary on the final stretch of a 500-kilometer journey when he experienced a blinding flash of white light and the Hanshin Expressway started shaking intensely and buckling. It was 5:46 a.m. [Read More]
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