By TOMOMI ABE/ Staff Writer
May 9, 2021 at 18:10 JST
A night view of Osaka Prefecture from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in December 2020. Kobe and Nishinomiya were among cities hardest hit by the Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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