Bereaved members of the family and authorities officers renewed their dedication Saturday to passing on to future generations their experiences and classes discovered from the 1995 Nice Hanshin Earthquake because the Kansai area marked the thirty first anniversary of the catastrophe.
Some have expressed concern over a decline within the variety of memorial occasions because the years go by.
At a memorial gathering at park in Kobe, contributors lit bamboo and paper lanterns and supplied a silent prayer at 5:46 a.m., the precise time the earthquake struck. The catastrophe claimed 6,434 lives.
