Luminarie light arches in downtown Kobe are switched on in a test on November 28, 2016 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The annual event first took place in...
Man plays trumpet in commemoration of the victims as Japan marks the 21st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on January 17, 2016 in...
Boy lights a candle placed in a snow statue of Ksitigarbha to mark the 20th anniversary at Yasui Elementary School on January 17, 2015 in...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers to an altar during the memorial ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin...
High school boy lights a candle to offer a prayer for victims during a memorial service to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 1995 earthquake in...
Slow-to-rebuild Nagata ward area, fire-ravaged in Jan. 1995 earthquake, with many of its 2000 shoe factories unable to reopen because of zoning laws.
The rail of JR West was bent by the strong earthquake on Janaury 25, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the...
Japanese novelist Akiyuki Nosaka, who was raised in Kobe, surveys destroyed buildings near where he grew up after the massive earthquake that killed...
Buildings lie in ruins following an earthquake January 20, 1995 in Kobe, Japan. The earthquake, which registered 6.9 on the Richter scale, killed...
In this aerial image, Suma area of Kobe, is seen after fire triggered by the strong earthquake struck on Janaury 18, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan....
Fire fighters walk around collapsed buildings after the Great Hanshin earthquake on January 18, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong...
People strand watching their houses in blaze after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake...
Fire fighters rescue a patient from the crumpled 4th floor of the Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan....
Children stay outside their house as they fear aftershocks on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the...
Truck overturned as the collapsed elevated expressway struck on Janaury 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted...
Water splashes from a road as the water pipes are damaged after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3...
Clock remains stopped at Nagata area in January 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the morning of January 17, 1995...
Rescue operation continues at a collapsed apartment on Janaury 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the...
Earthquake survivors evacuate at an evacuation center on Janaury 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the...
Earthquake survivors queue for an available public telephone to contact their relatives on January 17, 1995 in Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3...
Trains are derailed on the collapsed elevated railway of Hanshin Railway after the strong earthquake struck on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo,...
Building is destroyed by the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the morning of...
In this aerial image, Kobe city is in blaze after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake...
Bus manages to stay on the evelated Hanshin Expressway a after the Great Hanshin earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan....
Rescue operation continues after the strong earthquake on Janaury 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the...
In this aerial image, Kobe city is in blaze after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake...
In this aerial image, the elevated Hanshin Expressway collapses after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan....
In this aerial image, Kobe city is in blaze after the strong earthquake on January 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake...
In this aerial image, the Hanshin Expressway elevated highway collapses while smoke begins to rise on Janaury 17, 1995 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan....
Xxx. Magnitude 7.3 strong earthquake jolted in the morning of January 17, 1995 in Hyogo prefecture, killed 6434 people in the earthquake and...
The Great Hanshin earthquake, or Kobe earthquake, occurred on Tuesday, January 17 in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Approximately...
