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29th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

A man prays at a cenotaph decorated with needlework reading "prayer" to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2024, the 29th anniversary of the disaster in the western Japan city and its vicinity that killed more than 6,000 people.

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"Yuru-kyara" mascot contest begins in quake-hit city in western Japan

"Yuru-Kyara" mascots from various municipalities in Japan gather at Izanagi Shrine in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2023, as the three-day "Yuru-Verse" popularity contest begins in the western Japan city devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The annual contest was launched after the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan to give moral support to the affected regions.

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Iwate Pref. city mascot visits quake-hit city in Hyogo Pref.

Takata-no-Yumechan, the official mascot of Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, prays at a memorial monument at a park in Awaji, a Hyogo Prefecture city devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Iwate Pref. city mascot visits quake-hit city in Hyogo Pref.

Takata-no-Yumechan, the official mascot of Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city hit by the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, offers flowers at a memorial monument at a park in Awaji, a Hyogo Prefecture city devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, on Oct. 27, 2023.

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Ukrainian evacuee dancers make donation

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (2nd from R) speaks with ballet dancers who evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, in the western Japan city of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2023. The dancers delivered the same day a cash donation raised through performances to help Ukraine.

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Ukrainian evacuee dancers make donation

Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (3rd from R) poses for a photo with ballet dancers who evacuated from war-hit Ukraine, in the western Japan city of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 18, 2023. The dancers delivered the same day a cash donation raised through performances to help Ukraine.

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28th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People float lanterns on a pond at a park in Awaji in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 2023, the 28th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people.

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28th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

People pray for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at a park in Awaji in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 2023, the 28th anniversary of the disaster that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people.

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Disabiled persons invited to Kobe Luminarie before opening

KOBE, Japan - People with disabilities attend Kobe Luminarie in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, before the official opening of the light festival on Dec. 4. The annual festival is held to commemorate the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that hit western Japan in 1995.

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Tsunami symposium held ahead of temblor's 20th anniv.

OSAKA, Japan - A symposium is held in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake to discuss preparedness for tsunami in case of a mega earthquake.

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Deputy mayor speaks at tsunami symposium in west Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Tadamitsu Wakasaki, deputy mayor of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, speaks about the city's experience in the 2011 killer earthquake and tsunami at a disaster management symposium in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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Mega solar power plant opens on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for Energy Bank Japan Co.'s mega sola power plant on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Mega solar power plant begins operating on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - Energy Bank Japan Co. begins the full-fledged operation of a mega solar power plant on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Actress Awaji dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1964 shows Japanese actress Keiko Awaji. Awaji, known for her role as the girlfriend of a U.S. Navy airman in the 1954 Hollywood film "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" that depicts a Korean War bombing mission, died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 11, 2014, at age 80.

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Thai murder suspect

BANGKOK, Thailand - Wirasak Iamphongsa enters a criminal court in Bangkok on Aug. 19, 2013. He is charged with the murder of Japanese woman Megumi Awaji in Tokyo in March 1993.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A woman stands in a room of her house, where a sliding door of a closet came off, in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A phenomenon believed to be liquefaction is seen on a sidewalk in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A public library in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is scattered with books on the floor following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A fence of a house leans heavily in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A rental video store in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is scattered with DVDs on the floor following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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Japan gets men's team foil silver in fencing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Suguru Awaji, Yuki Ota, Ryo Miyake, and Kenta Chida (from L to R) smile with the silver medals they won in the men's fencing team foil at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL arena on Aug. 5, 2012. Japan lost to Italy 45-39.

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Japan gets men's team foil silver in fencing

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Suguru Awaji (L) competes against Italy's Andrea Cassara in the men's fencing team foil gold medal match at the ExCeL arena at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 5, 2012. Japan lost to Italy 45-39 and finished with silver.

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Japan wins bronze at world fencing

PARIS, France - (From L) Yuki Ota, Suguru Awaji, Kenta Chida and Ryo Miyake of Japan show off the bronze medals they won in the team foil at the world fencing championships in Paris on Nov. 11, 2010.

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Whirlpools at Naruto Strait

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A pleasure ship is seen sailing near whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and the Shikoku region, western Japan, on April 28, 2010. The strait connecting the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean is only 1.3 kilometers wide and seawater flows in and out from the Seto Inland Sea. The height difference between high tide and low tide reaches up to 1.5 meters, creating numerous whirlpools. At this time of the year, the diameter of whirlpools can be over 20 meters.

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Japan children look at pictures from quake-hit Sichuan Province

KOBE, Japan - Japanese children in Kobe, western Japan, look at pictures sent by primary school pupils in the quake-hit Sichuan Province in China on May 12 as the province marked the first anniversary of a major earthquake that struck the southwestern Chinese province a year ago. Kobe was hit by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in January 1995.

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Japanese female pitcher joins camp

AWAJI, Japan - Eri Yoshida, 17, the first Japanese woman to have been granted the opportunity of playing professional baseball, arrives at a baseball stadium in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, to join the camp of the Kobe 9 Cruise baseball team of the Kansai independent league to be inaugurated in April.

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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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Memorial events held to mark 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

AWAJI, Japan - People offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in Awaji, Hyogo, on Jan. 17 to mark the 12th anniversary of the most devastating natural calamity in postwar Japan.

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Convenience stores target elderly to boost sales

OSAKA, Japan - An elderly customer relaxes on a massage chair at Lawson Inc.'s store for the elderly in the city of Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, in July.

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Lawson opens stores tailored for elderly

AWAJI, Japan - Convenience store operator Lawson Inc. has opened one of its outlets tailored for the elderly in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture (in photo), in the first attempt to serve the market segment among convenience store chains. Customers at the store check out what's on offer.

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Lawson opens stores tailored for elderly

AWAJI, Japan - Convenience store operator Lawson Inc. opens one of its outlets tailored for the elderly in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, in the first attempt to serve the market segment among convenience store chains. The other outlet is located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture.

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Ice carvings dedicated to 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Ice carvings dedicated to the souls of 6,433 people who were killed in the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake are illuminated on Feb. 10 on the eve of the opening of the annual Mt. Rokko Ice Festival in Kobe.

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(3)10th anniversary of 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

AWAJI ISLAND, Japan - People sing a gospel song in the town of Hokudan on Awaji Island, which is close to the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, on Jan. 17 to remember of the victims of the quake.

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Spring tides create whirlpools

NARUTO, Japan - A whirlpool is seen April 5 under the Onaruto Bridge linking the Japanese islands of Awaji (background) and Shikoku in western Japan as the spring tides come to the Naruto Straits off Tokushima Prefecture.

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(2)Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako at greenery gathering

AWAJI ISLAND, Japan - Princess Masako plants an olive tree to commemorate the 14th national greenery protection gathering at Akashi Straits Park in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 26.

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(1)Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako at greenery gathering

AWAJI ISLAND, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito plants an olive tree to commemorate the 14th national greenery protection gathering at Akashi Straits Park in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 26.

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3 dead, 32 injured in Awaji pileup

KOBE, Japan - Rescuers work on a pileup on the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway in the town of Awaji on July 11. Three people were killed and 32 were injured, some seriously, in the accident, which involved nine vehicles including two buses, two large trucks, a taxi and passenger cars.

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Pop group SPEED reunited for charity concert

AWAJI, Japan - The teenage Okinawan pop group SPEED, which had dissolved last March, was reunited for a day on Awaji Island on Oct. 6 to stage a charity concert for victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city of Kobe and its vicinities. The members are Eriko Imai, 18, Takako Uehara, 18, Hitoe Arakaki, 20, and Hiroko Shimabukuro, 17.

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'OB Summit' begins on Awaji Island to discuss int'l affairs

KOBE, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) and former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt chat at the 19th plenary session of the InterAction Council, know as the ''OB Summit,'' on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 13. Former government leaders from 16 countries gathered for the three-day session to discuss international affairs.

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World's longest suspension bridge to mark 1st year

The 3,911-meter-long Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge, between Awaji Island and Kobe, will mark its 1st anniversary April 5. To celebrate, a company running the bridge has invited tourists to climb its 300-meter-high main tower.

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Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The world longest suspension bridge (3,911-meter-long) over the Akashi strait connecting Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture and Awaji Island. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge's two towers, which rise 297 meters above the water, also are said to be the tallest of thier kind in the world. The bridge is scheduled to open to the public April 5. Construction began in May 1988.

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Japan MSDF vessel

Photo taken by a Kyodo News reporter on board a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter shows the MSDF minesweeper Awaji taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022.

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HORIBA's logo

Keywords: HORIBA, analytical instruments, measuring instruments, general manufacturer ofmeasuring instruments, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 11, 2019, Tokyo Sales Office, Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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HORIBA's logo

Keywords: HORIBA, analytical instruments, measuring instruments, general manufacturer of measuring instruments, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 11, 2019, Tokyo Sales Office, Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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The second factory of Okada Shell Manufacturing introducing IT production control system.

Okada Shell Manufacturing (Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) will introducean IT production management system to its No. 2 plant by December 2020. The investment will amount to about 20 million yen. The plant is the main production base near the main plant. The production plan will be reflected directly from the office to the production facilities in the plant, and the progress will be monitored in real time. Okada Shell Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is engaged in the production of cores, which are sand molds used to create cavities inside castings. Conventional paper-based production records have been prone to errors, but the company will automatically accumulate production data from its facilities and use the data to extract production conditions that realize high quality and to train young workers. In addition to the use of simulation equipment to analyze the core manufacturing method, the defect rate will be reduced from 5% to 2%. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Mitutech's AI-Based Visual Inspection Support System

Mitsutec (Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) has developed a visual inspection support system that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI). When the user wears the smart glasses, the system displays abnormalities such as dirt on the object to be inspected. Currently, the mechanization of inspection is progressing, but the final inspection often relies on visual inspection. In order to help pass on the skills of visual inspection, the company will appeal the use of this system mainly to those who have little experience in inspection. In preparation for the trial sales, the company will accumulate inspection image data in various lighting environments to improve the accuracy of AI judgment. Mitsutec has been building production lines on consignment for specific customers. In April, the company established a "New Business Department" within the company with a 10-person team to develop its own products. Image taken on September 13, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Hakusensha logo

Hakusensha, manga, manga, boys' magazine, girls' manga, publishing, publishing business, publishing company, Hitotsubashi Group, company, sign, logo, logo mark = July 11, 2019, Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Hakusensha logo

Hakusensha, manga, manga, boys' magazine, girls' manga, publishing, publishing business, publishing company, Hitotsubashi Group, company, sign, logo, logo mark = July 11, 2019, Kanda Awaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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(3)10th anniversary of 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

AWAJI ISLAND, Japan - People sing a gospel song in the town of Hokudan on Awaji Island, which is close to the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, on Jan. 17 to remember of the victims of the quake. (Kyodo)