Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People offer silent prayers near a clock, which has been stopped since the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit Kobe and its vicinities in 1995, at a shopping street in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, as Kobe and its neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the quake that took the lives of 6,434.

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