Anhelina Moroz’s gaze was intent as she took in the exhibits during a tour of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial in Kobe.

Professor Sakurai Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

In the 30 years before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, there were 72 such quakes. In the 30 years since then, though, there have been 410 rated a 5 lower or above. It is impossible to make a ...

When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster ...

First, there was the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Then, the crimes of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo came to light. On the ...

We asked her about how disaster education has changed after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, and how she hopes to spread the initiatives to the world.

Fewer than half of people in Japan remember the cellphone numbers of family members they live with, a private think tank's ...

NAGANO: Researchers at Shinshu University and another institution have developed an odour-detecting drone that uses antennae ...

The "171 Disaster Emergency Message Dial," which was developed based on lessons from the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck on Jan. 17, 1995, also requires entering the recipient's phone number.