By AKIHITO OGAWA/ Staff Writer
January 17, 2024 at 15:10 JST
Visitors offer prayers at Higashi Yuenchi park in Kobe at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck 29 years ago. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
KOBE--Bereaved families commemorated the 29th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17 and expressed empathy for survivors of the New Year’s Day earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula. [Read More]
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