THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 17, 2020 at 14:45 JST
Lanterns are laid out to form “1.17” and lit up in Kobe’s Nagata Ward, commemorating the date of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck Kobe and the surrounding region 25 years ago. (Takaharu Yagi)
KOBE--Thousands of people gathered here under gray skies early Jan. 17 to pray for the repose of the 6,434 victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck 25 years ago. [Read More]
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