Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a bamboo lantern at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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