KOBE--People gathered at Kobe East Park in the city’s Chuo Ward early on Jan. 17 to pray for the repose of the 6,434 victims killed in the Great Hanshin Earthquake 28 years ago. Visitors ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake that claimed the lives of 6,434 people. The magnitude 7.3 quake hit Kobe City in western Japan ... At a park in the central ...

TOKYO — For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of Major League Baseball's National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been bette ...