Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman attending a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake offers her silent prayer in front of the plate bearing the names of 6,434 people who perished in the most devastating natural calamity in postwar Japan.

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