Japanese relief team to quake-hit Turkey returns home

OSAKA, Japan - Members of a Japanese rescue team to quake-hit Turkey hold a press conference at an Osaka airport after returning to Japan on Sept. 9. The team includes 11 officials from the Hyogo prefectural and Kobe municipal governments. Kobe and its vicinity were devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which claimed the lives of 6,400.

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