The "Luminarie" illumination event opens on Jan. 24, 2025, in Kobe in memory of the victims of the January 1995 Great Hanshin ...

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

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

Heavy damage to the busy harbour area dealt a severe blow to Kobe's economy, sparking a population exodus over the following ...

Kobe, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--Store owners in Nagata Ward of the western city of Kobe, battered by a powerful earthquake 30 years ago, are welcoming students on school trips from all over Japan to ...

A man who was found unconscious in a house in Kobe on Tuesday died later in hospital, police said. According to police, a man called 110 at around 5:30 p.m. and said “A male acquaintance phoned me and ...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted. The agency ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region of southern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tsunami advisories for waves of a maximum height of 1 ...

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of rattled southwestern Japan, the country's meteorological agency said Monday. The authorities have issued tsunami warnings in the wake of the earthquake.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing two small tsunamis in the area but no damage reported. The quake struck at a depth of 36 kilometres around 18 ...

A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan today, and local authorities issued a tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey said the 6.8-magnitude quake struck Miyazaki Prefecture at a depth of 48.9 ...