Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

Quake-hit communities seek ways to prevent lone deaths

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Maki (L), director of a nonprofit organization called Yorozu Sodanshitsu, talks to a female resident in post-disaster public housing in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Feb. 5, 2013.

Court dismisses damages claim over highway collapse in quake

Court dismisses damages claim over highway collapse in quake

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Michiko Yorozu speaks at a news conference in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 28 after the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe District Court dismissed a damages suit she filed claiming compensation for the death of her adopted son in the collapse of the Hanshin Expressway in the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Yorozu, 79, claimed the incident occurred because Hanshin Expressway Public Corp. had failed to build piers of sufficient strength for the highway overpass.

Court dismisses damages claim over highway collapse in quake

Court dismisses damages claim over highway collapse in quake

AMAGASAKI, Japan - Michiko Yorozu speaks at a news conference in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 28 after the Amagasaki branch of the Kobe District Court dismissed a damages suit she filed claiming compensation for the death of her adopted son in the collapse of the Hanshin Expressway in the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Yorozu, 79, claimed the incident occurred because Hanshin Expressway Public Corp. had failed to build piers of sufficient strength for the highway overpass. (Kyodo)

Nakashima River and Yorozu-bashi Bridge

Nakashima River and Yorozu-bashi Bridge

Nakashima River and Yorozu-bashi Bridge==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)