Timeline for January 2015

Mourners light candles at a January 17, 2015, ceremony in Kobe marking the twentieth anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. (© Jiji)

Hakuhō receives the New Year Tournament trophy following his thirty-third career championship win on January 25, 2015. (© Jiji)

People gather in central Tokyo to call for the release of Japanese hostage Gotō Kenji on January 28, 2015. (© Jiji)