Coming-of-age ceremonies held nationwide

KOBE, Japan - Daichi Onishi, a 20-year-old student at Ryukoku University, speaks during a Coming-of-age ceremony, which celebrates the accession to adulthood of those who have reached 20 years old, in Kobe, about his experience in the deadly Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The city marks the 15th anniversary of the quake this month.

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