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[Breaking News] Illumination event in Kobe in memory of quake victims

KOBE, Japan Kyodo - The "Luminarie" illumination event opens on Jan. 19, 2024, in Kobe in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in the western Japan city and its vicinity that killed more than 6,000 people. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News] 29th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan Kyodo - Lanterns are lit in a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2024, the 29th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, forming the word "tomoni" (together) and the figures one and seventeen, the date of the 1995 disaster in the western Japan port city and its vicinity that killed over 6,000 people. (Kyodo)

29th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

ITAMI, Japan Kyodo - People offer silent prayers during a memorial event at a part in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2024, the eve of the 29th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which struck the western Japan city of Kobe and its vicinity claiming over 6,000 lives. (Kyodo)

Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched

STORY: Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1-2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "The death toll has been climbing after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity. A series of building collapses and fires left dozens of people dead in the most-hit Ishikawa prefecture. As more damage reports and information about people trapped continued to come in regarding other municipalities, injuries were reported in Niigata, Toyama, Fukui and Gifu prefectures due to collapsed or damaged buildings. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted ar

Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake

STORY: Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP: ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "At least 20 people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, the national news agency Kyodo reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted areas and will continue to provide assistance. A series of strong earthquakes, with major ones of up to a preliminary 7.6 magnitude, hit on Monday at a shallow depth on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency has officially named i

CHINA-GANSU EARTHQUAKE-ARMED FORCES (CN)

(231219) -- BEIJING, Dec. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers conduct rescue work at Chenjia Primary School in Dahejia Township of Bonan-Dongxiang-Salar Autonomous County of Jishishan, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) have deployed multiple rescue forces to quake-hit areas in response to a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China's Gansu Province late Monday. (Photo by Feng Yanrong/Xinhua)

Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

Japan's historic quake

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the letters ''SOS'' on an athletic field at Shizugawa High School, as people await rescue in tsunami-devastated Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on March 13, 2011, two days after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake. (Kyodo)

Bus submerged in flood in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A tunnel running below the JR Tokaido railway line in Muko, Kyoto Prefecture, was flooded July 28, with a kindergarten bus (in the background) and a passenger car (in front) submerged in the water, as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit an extensive area of western Japan. All eight people on the bus were rescued. (Kyodo)

Vigil in Kobe to mark 13th anniversary of Hanshin Earthquake

ITAMI, Japan - A woman and her two children light candles at Koyaike park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16 as part of memorial events to mark the 13th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, a magnitude 7.3 temblor which devastated the Kobe region on Jan. 17, 1995, killing 6,434 people, injuring 44,000 and flattening 105,000 houses

Evacuated people in Niigata Prefecture

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A mother gives a rice ball to her child for dinner at the Kashiwazaki Primary School in Niigata Prefecture where they were evacuated following a strong earthquake that rocked Niigata Prefecture and its vicinity July 16.

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