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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - About 5,900 people take part in a memorial walk in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, to trace the routes that were used for evacuation and other purposes after the quake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko walk to the altar to offer flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko walk to the altar to offer flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers during a memorial ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer silent prayers during a memorial ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A memorial ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake is held in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in attendance. The magnitude 7.3 devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a memorial ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015, to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Kazuaki Ogawa, who represents people who turned 20 during the past year, speaks at a memorial event to mark the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015. The 7.3 quake devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - People observe a moment of silence at a park in Kobe, western Japan, at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2015, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - People gather at a park in Kobe, western Japan, in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2015, at a memorial event to mark 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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - A woman 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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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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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Natsuki Meida, a 26-year-old beautician who lost her 33-year-old mother in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, speaks at a memorial event to mark the 20th anniversary of the quake at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2015. The 7.3 quake devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Child lights candle on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - A child lights a candle during an event to remember the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the disaster. A total of 6,434 people were killed by the quake which devastated Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan.

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Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Candles are placed in the shape of "1.17," "Kizuna" (Bond) and "3.11" at Mano Elementary School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The disaster devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - People observe a moment of silence at a park in Kobe, western Japan, at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2015, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, on the 20th anniversary of the disaster, which devastated the port city and its surrounding areas and claimed the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen 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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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan marks 20 years since Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - Lights forming 1.17 are seen 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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19 years after Kobe quake

KOBE, Japan - People offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake during a memorial event in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the disaster. The earthquake devastated the western Japan city and surrounding area, killing 6,434.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

OSAKA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2011, shows Kobe, the western Japanese city devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake 16 years ago the same day. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. A building (L, below) is lit up to show the figures ''117'' to commemorate the date of the disaster.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in front of a list of victims' names in the western Japan port city of Kobe on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the disaster. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - People offer a silent prayer around a clock stopped at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the area, in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the disaster. The quake claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake by lighting bamboo lanterns in the western Japan port city of Kobe in the early morning on Jan. 17, 2011. The disaster claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m., the time the quake struck the area, by lighting lanterns in the western Japan port city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2011. The disaster claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

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Crown prince, crown princess in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), accompanied by his wife Crown Princess Masako (2nd L), talks with bereaved relatives of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a public hall in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, after attending a ceremony hosted by Hyogo Prefecture to commemorate the quake that killed 6,434 people. The crown princess is making her first official trip outside of the capital involving an overnight stay since January 2008. (Pool photo)

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Bereaved children in Kobe solicit donations for Haitian kids

KOBE, Japan - People who lost their parents in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake call for donations to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, the 15th anniversary of the Hanshin quake that killed 6,434 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People float flowers in front of a monument for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, as the western Japan port city and neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the quake that killed 6,434 people.

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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman prays for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in a park located in the center of Kobe before dawn on Jan. 17, 2010, as the western Japan port city and neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the quake that killed 6,434 people.

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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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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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Kobe, vicinity mark 15th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Thousands of bamboo lanterns are lit in the shape of ''1995'' and ''1.17'' at a park located at the center of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2010, before dawn as the Japanese western port city and its neighboring cities mark the 15th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that took the lives of 6,434.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A girl lights a candle with the help of her father to mourn the 6,434 victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at Koyaike Park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010, during a ceremony on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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People pray for victims of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People pray in front of 6,434 candles, representing the number of people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, at a park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010, the eve of the 15th anniversary of the quake.

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15th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - People offer prayers for victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at Koyaike Park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2010. They surrounded 6,434 candles, representing the number of people killed in the quake, during a ceremony on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the disaster.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - The date Jan. 17 formed by candles and window lights highlights a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 before daylight to mark the 14th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that took 6,434 lives.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuru Takeba, who lost his 1-year-old daughter in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, talks to his 2-year-old daughter Mii about the quake in front of candles in about 7,000 bamboo lanterns lit to commemorate the 6,434 victims at a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 14th anniversary of the quake.

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Vigil in Kobe to mark 13th anniversary of Hanshin Earthquake

ITAMI, Japan - A woman and her two children light candles at Koyaike park in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 16 as part of memorial events to mark the 13th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, a magnitude 7.3 temblor which devastated the Kobe region on Jan. 17, 1995, killing 6,434 people, injuring 44,000 and flattening 105,000 houses

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - The date when Kobe and vicinity were hit by the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake is depicted on building windows and on the ground during a memorial event held on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the most devastating natural calamity in postwar Japan that killed 6,434 people.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lay flowers during a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People offer their silent prayers during a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Braving chilly rains, people light candles and torches while attending a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A boy lights a bamboo lantern during a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman attending a memorial event held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake offers her silent prayer in front of the plate bearing the names of 6,434 people who perished in the most devastating natural calamity in postwar Japan.

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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Tomoko Kobayashi, 40, a housewife from Kobe's Nada Ward who lost her father in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, addresses a memorial event at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17. Various events were held in Kobe and other areas to remember 6,434 people killed in the most devastating natural calamity in postwar Japan.

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Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

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Kobe marks 21 years since Great Hanshin Earthquake

People offer prayers on Jan. 17, 2016, in a park in Kobe, western Japan, at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred 21 years earlier, devastating the port city and surrounding areas, and claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe marks 21 years since Great Hanshin Earthquake

Candles in thousands of bamboo lanterns are placed to form "1.17" and "mirai" (future) in kanji characters at a park in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016, the 21th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated the port city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo