Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

KOBE: Thousands of people marked on Friday (Jan 17) 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 ...

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

KOBE--Kobe’s annual festival of light that transforms the downtown area into a dazzling night spectacle will be held for the first time since 2019, but in January and not December, organizers ...

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

The western city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary ... and spurred the widespread adoption of earthquake insurance. In recent years, Japan has experienced a series of ...

The 7.2-magnitude quake on January 17, 1995, sparked a major review of quake preparedness in the island nation that suffers about one fifth of the world's most powerful tremors. Mourners observed ...