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    The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST (January 16 at 20:46:53 UTC) in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan...
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    letter of apology to the comfort women." On January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, with the Japanese government being heavily criticized...
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    Kobe (category Populated places destroyed by earthquakes)
    architectural heritage dating back to the Meiji era. While the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake diminished some of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains...
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    Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive...
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    serious attack to occur in Japan since the end of World War II. The Great Hanshin Earthquake, which occurred on January 17, 1995, in the southern part of Hyōgo...
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    Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh and Evangelion. In 1995, there was a large 6.8 earthquake in Kobe, Hyōgo and sarin gas terrorist attacks were carried out on the...
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  • were more recent, such as the January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which triggered the Fukushima Daiichi...
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    ¥10 trillion ($122 billion). In comparison to the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, the East Japan earthquake brought serious damage to an extremely wide range...
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    earthquake and tsunami, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake, and the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995. The breakup of Rodinia...
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  • industry of Kobe before the earthquake. It is believed that the Yoshinori Watanabe was the largest beneficiary of the earthquake because of his organization's...
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