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Rare video footage showing the Ground Self-Defense Force engaging in disaster relief operations at the time of the 1995 Great ...

The mayor of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, plans to gift U.S. President Donald Trump a deck of solid gold playing cards to ...

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With the increasing number of foreign residents, the importance of Japanese language education is on the rise. Starting from ...

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary ...

A new dinosaur species from more than 100 million years ago has been discovered and it's notable not for its size but its unusual intelligence.

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5:46am, the exact time that the quake -- Japan’s second deadliest since ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

Kobe, Japan: Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary ... victims on the 30th anniversary of the "Great ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that ...

People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives.