TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized ...

Ichiro Suzuki's career was full of hitting streaks, All-Star Games and Gold Glove awards. But all that paled compared to ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

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

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

People were shocked by TV images of the 1995 devastation, including a collapsed ... to affected residents and spurred the widespread adoption of earthquake insurance. In recent years, Japan has ...

The magnitude 7.3 quake struck on Jan 17, 1995, causing widespread ... a magnitude-6.6 earthquake occurred off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with a maximum intensity ...

Tokyo, Jan. 17 (Jiji Press)--Japan will utilize the lessons from the 1995 earthquake that hit Kobe and other western areas to establish itself as a disaster management-oriented nation, Chief ...

Welcome to January 17, a day that has witnessed remarkable events throughout history, shaping the course of nations and cultures across the globe. One ...

1995, taking 6,434 lives. Below is a selection of photographs from Kyodo News showing the memorial ceremonies and the destruction brought by the earthquake three decades ago. 1 dies, 2 injured in ...