Hanshin Three Decades On: Has Japan’s Disaster Response Advanced Since the Kobe Quake?

Seismic Intensity 7 Quakes

Fires spread across Kobe on January 17, 1995, right after the earthquake. (© Reuters)

The night skyline of Kobe as seen from the sea. The brilliance of the pre-earthquake days has returned. (© Sakurai Seiichi)