Friday marks the 30th year since the Jan. 17, 1995, earthquake shook the Osaka-Kobe area, killing more than 4,000 people and destroying 400,000 buildings. The region is located adjacent the Nankai ...

TOKYO -- In the three decades since a massive earthquake devastated the city of Kobe in 1995, shelters will be unequipped to accommodate at least 530,000 evacuees if a similar disaster were to occur ...