Singer to hold 20th concert for recovery from Kobe quake

Singer to hold 20th concert for recovery from Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japanese singer-songwriter Eri Hiramatsu speaks on Dec. 4, 2014, about her 20th concert to be held in Kobe, her hometown, in support of the western Japan city's reconstruction from the devastation of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

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