Kobe archives preserving memories of 1995 quake

Kobe archives preserving memories of 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Kazuko Sasaki, a researcher at Kobe University, looks at a file of fliers in foreign languages collected as records of the 1995 earthquake in Hyogo Prefecture and its vicinity at the university's Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection on Dec. 21, 2009. (Kyodo)

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