Kobe, Japan suffered a massive earthquake 23 years ago. The city holds lessons for how officials can respond and rebuild after natural disasters.

Japan's GDP for the year rose 2.6 percent, buoyed by a massive reconstruction effort around Kobe. The government went on to invest more than $58 billion over the next three years to rebuild ...

When the 1995 earthquake killed 6,000 people in Kobe, Japan, my husband and I were living there, teaching at Kobe Shoin Women's University. In the surreal, aftershock-jolted days that followed, as ...

The next test for Japan’s emergency response system following the Kobe earthquake actually came in October 2004. There was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake up in the hilly area of Niigata.

On Jan. 17, 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people.

Today is the 15th anniversary of the 6.8 Kobe earthquake in Japan, which killed over 6,000 people. The quake caused large-scale damage to Kobe, which is one of Seattle's sister cities.

- On Jan. 16, 1995, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 hit central Japan, devastating the western port city of Kobe. The worst earthquake to hit the country in 50 years killed more than 6,400 ...

At 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, a security camera inside a convenience store in Kobe, Japan, recorded as a cashier plucked change from the register and passed it across the counter to a customer ...