Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

KOBE, Japan - Japanese brewery Sawanotsuru Co.'s Hideki Makino (L) and Hiroyuki Konno on Jan. 8, 2015, in Kobe, hold a bottle of old vintage sake brewed in 1995, the year when the Kobe-based sake company was severely damaged by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan. Reservations have already made for all 50 bottles.

Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

Quake-hit Kobe firm's sake brewed in 1995

KOBE, Japan - Japanese brewery Sawanotsuru Co.'s Hideki Makino (L) and Hiroyuki Konno on Jan. 8, 2015, in Kobe, hold a bottle of old vintage sake brewed in 1995, the year when the Kobe-based sake company was severely damaged by the Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan. Reservations have already made for all 50 bottles. (Kyodo)

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Hiroyuki Konno, who represents plaintiffs in a damages lawsuit filed by families of school children killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the northeastern Japan city, on May 7, 2018. Konno was responding to the city's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court a high court ruling that acknowledged local authorities' responsibility in the deaths of the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Hiroyuki Konno, who represents plaintiffs in a damages lawsuit filed by families of school children killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the northeastern Japan city, on May 7, 2018. Konno was responding to the city's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court a high court ruling that acknowledged local authorities' responsibility in the deaths of the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Hiroyuki Konno is moved to tears on Oct. 26, 2016, after the Sendai District Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who lost their children in the 2011 disaster and sought damages from local authorities. Their children were among 74 students who died or remain unaccounted for after Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki was hit by a tsunami. Konno, who headed the plaintiffs' group, lost his 12-year-old son. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo