Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude 7.3 quake hit Kobe City in western Japan and surrounding areas at 5:46 ...

At 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, people across Kobe and the Kansai region observed a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which claimed 6,434 lives. At Kobe East ...

In the spring of 1995, not long after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of Jan. 17 that year, I wrote a story for The Asahi Shimbun. It was about people who had survived the catastrophe and suffered ...

In searching for ways to that end, it is essential to obtain a grasp of the impact of such a disaster on corporate activities. The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995 is important from this ...

Two of the ten most damaging earthquakes in recorded history happened on January 17th. This year is the thirtieth anniversary of Japan's Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The Northridge Earthquake in ...

A 1995 earthquake caused widescale destruction across Japan's Kansai region, resulting in the creation of a small broadcast FM station. We examine the role of such local broadcast systems.

Japan on Jan. 17 marked 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a devastating disaster that struck Kobe and other parts ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 prompted the government to establish a nationwide network to monitor seismic activity, and this unparalleled and sophisticated observation system is ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake, followed by the tsunami and the nuclear accident, turned out to be an unprecedented catastrophe. In comparison with the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that struck ...

Many schools in the disaster area suspended classes immediately after the earthquake. On the day after the earthquake 42 of the 58 universities and other institutions of higher education and more than ...

“The Kansai area will never experience a major earthquake.” That was how many people felt before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. But if we examine history, most areas in Japan have records ...