Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns form ''1.17'' and ''1995'' in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, with lights in a nearby building also forming ''1.17.'' The western Japan port city and neighboring cities marked the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which took the lives of 6,434 people.

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