Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuru Takeba, who lost his 1-year-old daughter in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, talks to his 2-year-old daughter Mii about the quake in front of candles in about 7,000 bamboo lanterns lit to commemorate the 6,434 victims at a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 14th anniversary of the quake.

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