Yoshioka's grandparents' house was in a district packed with old wooden ... were erected across Kobe after the 1995 earthquake. Significant challenges still remain across Japan.

Spread the loveIntroduction Kobe, located in the Hyogo Prefecture, is a vibrant port city known for its scenic beauty, ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, ...

KOBE -- A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still trades stocks daily, earning him the nickname "Japan's Warren ...

Sunflowers growing in an empty plot of land in the city of Kobe, where a home once stood before ... For Itsuka Kikuchi, the now 45-year-old who lived in the quake-hit home at the time, the ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled much of the Japanese city of Kobe. The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17 ...