The timeline showing the histories during 20 years from 1995 (the time of occurrence) to January 2015.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/17 | January 17th 1995, 5:46 am. An earthquake with epicenter in northern Awaji Island occurs. The Japan Meterological Agency (JMA) names it the "Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake." |
| 1/17 | Starting with Kobe, cities and towns assess the damage and apply the Disaster Relief Act. (10 cities and 10 towns by February 1st) |
| 1/17 | Hyogo Pref. Nanbu Earthquake Emergency Operations Center and Kobe City Emergency Operations Center are set up. |
| 1/19 | Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Local NGO Relief Liaison Conference is organized. |
| 1/20 | JMA fixes the intensity of the earthquake at Level 7 (on the Japanese scale). |
| 1/20 | Hyogo Pref. starts building emergency temporary housing. |
| 1/23 | The total number of evacuees reaches its peak. (316,678 people in 1,153 shelters) |
| 1/23 | Electricity is temporarily restored. Substitute bus services are started by railway companies. |
| 1/25 | Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake Disaster Fundraising Committee is set up. |
| 1/28 | A national subsidy enables destroyed buildings, etc. to be demolished. |
| 1/31 | Telephone service is almost completely restored. |
| 2/2 | First people move into temporary housing (Goshiki-cho, in present-day Sumoto City). |
| 2/8 | Classes restart in 130 prefectural full-time high schools. |
| 2/14 | The government decides to name the disaster the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
| 2/15 | Hanshin-Awaji Reconstruction Committee is established. |
| 2/24 | Hanshin-Awaji Reconstruction Headquarters is established. |
| 3/15 | Hyogo Pref. sets up the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction Headquarters. |
| 3/16 | The total number of volunteers reaches 1 million. |
| 3/17 | Hyogo Pref. decides on a plan for urban land readjustment and reconstruction and urban redevelopment project for reconstruction. |
| 4/1 | JR Kobe Line is completely restored. |
| 4/1 | Hyogo Pref. and Kobe City set up "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction Fund". |
| 4/10 | Industrial water services are completely restored. |
| 4/11 | Gas supply is completely restored. |
| 4/17 | Water supply is completely restored. |
| Apr. | Temporary sewage line is completed. |
| Jun. | Actual rescue and emergency working teams are organized in a wide area collaboration system. |
| Jun. | Kobe City compiles "Kobe City Reconstruction Plan". |
| Jun. | Complete restoration of Hankyu Kobe Line, Sanyo Electric Railway, Kobe Electric Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway. |
| 6/16 | Amendment of "Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act" / Enactment of "Earthquake Disaster Management Special Measures Act". |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jul. | Disaster Victims Restoration Support Conference is launched. |
| Jul. | Hyogo Pref. compiles the "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Restoration Plan (Hyogo Phoenix Plan)". |
| 7/31 | Port-liner Line is completely restored. |
| 8/4 | Hyogo Pref. fixes its Disaster Reconstruction Plan (660 projects in 10 years, at an estimated cost of 17 trillion yen). |
| 8/11 | 48,300 temporary houses are completed. |
| 8/13 | Complete restoration of Kobe Kosoku Railway. |
| 8/20 | Kobe City closes the evacuation centers provided under the Disaster Relief Act 12 waiting centers are opened on the next day (operational until March 31, 1997). |
| 8/23 | Restoration of Rokko-liner Line. All railways are completely restored. |
| 9/19 | Orix, a professional baseball team in Kobe, wins the league tournament for the first time |
| Oct. | The first recruitment opens for tenants of Disaster Restoration Housing. (continues until the fourth recruitment in 1997) |
| 10/25 | A movie "Otoko wa Tsurai yo, Torajiro Kurenai no hana"is shot on location at Nagata, Kobe (released on Dec. 23). |
| Nov. | The first edition of a sub-reader "Shiawase hakobou" is published by Kobe City Board of Education. |
| Nov. | 7 prefectures in the Kinki Region hold the first joint emergency drill in Shiga Pref. |
| 11/1 | The total number of residents in temporary housing peaks. |
| 12/8 | Amendment of "Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act". |
| 12/15 | The first Kobe Luminarie. |
| Dec. | Ganbaro, Kobe!, "Lifeline" and "Safety myth" were chosen as the words of the year. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan. | The total number of volunteers reaches approximately 1,380,000. |
| Feb. | Hyogo Pref. concludes an agreement with 9 prefectures in the Kinki Region concerning mutual reinforcement in case of earthquake disasters, etc. |
| Apr. | "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Local NGO Relief Liaison Conference" is reorganized to "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Kasetsu Support NGO Liaison Group" and "NGO Foreigners Support Net". |
| 4/28 | Sogo department store is completely reopened. |
| 6/22 | Construction of the Kobe New Eastern City Center (HAT Kobe) begins. |
| Jul. | "The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Reconstruction Promotion Center" (Phoenix Plaza) opens (operational until March, 2002). |
| 7/17 | Kobe Festival is held after two years break. |
| 8/10 | All traffic restrictions in the affected area are removed. |
| Sep. | Pref. starts the Phoenix Disaster Reduction System. |
| 9/30 | Kobe Route of the Hanshin Expressway is completely restored. |
| Oct. | "Hyogo Prefectural Firefighting and Disaster-prevention Flying Corps" is launched. |
| 10/24 | Orix, a professional baseball team in Kobe, won the Japan championship. |
| 11/19 | A professional soccer team "Vissel Kobe" was promoted to J. League. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3/2 | Daimaru Kobe department store is completely reopened. |
| 3/29 | "Weathercock House", one of the foreign residences in Kobe is restored. |
| 4/28 | The first lawsuit on rebuilding an apartment block in Nada-ku, Kobe, is filed. |
| 5/19 | Kobe Port Revival Declaration / Memorial Park which preserves a part of the damaged Meriken Wharf, is completed in July. |
| Aug. | Pay-outs from the "Support Fund for Reconstructing Livelihoods" commence. |
| 12/15 | 7,000 households fail to obtain restoration housing in the fourth recruitment. |
| Dec. | "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Foundation" is established. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | Disposal of rubble is completed. |
| 3/9 | "Wall of Kobe" is relocated to Awaji Island. |
| 3/19 | "Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities" is passed and will be enforced from December. |
| 3/28 | Official opening of new towns: Kobe New Eastern Center (HAT Kobe), Nishinomiya-hama and South Ashiya-hama. |
| Apr. | "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Kasetsu Support NGO Liaison Group" is renamed "Hisaichi NGO Cooperative Center". |
| Apr. | WHO Centre for Health Development opens in HAT Kobe. |
| Apr. | EMECS office opens in HAT Kobe. |
| 4/2 | "Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park" opens in Awaji Island to preserve and show the Nojima Fault. |
| 4/5 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge opens. |
| May | Pay-outs from the "permanent residence support fund for the middle-aged and aged victims" commence. |
| 5/22 | "Act concerning Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of Disaster Victims" is approved in the Diet, which provides a maximum of providing one million yen. |
| Jul. | An institute for urban disaster prevention "Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC)" is established in HAT Kobe. |
| Jul. | Nojima Fault is designated as a national natural monument. |
| Nov. | Pay-outs from the "livelihood support fund for disaster victims" commence. |
| Dec. | Crosing of the last waiting center in the affected area. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/9 | "Rainbow House", an establishment to take care of the children who lost a parent or parents by the earthquake, is completed by Ashinaga Scholarship Society. |
| 2/15 | The total number of tourists in Kobe recovered tp levels before the earthquake. |
| Apr. | "Disaster Victims Restoration Support Conference" is organized. |
| 5/11 | All restoration public housing in Hyogo Pref. is completed. |
| 5/28 | Kobe International House is reopened. |
| 8/11 | Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research is established in HAT Kobe. |
| 8/17 | Izmit (Northwestern Turkey) Earthquake |
| 9/1 | Kobe Local Meteorological Observatory opens in HAT Kobe. |
| 9/21 | Jiji Earthquake in Taiwan |
| Nov. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Mefujinja-ekimae (Takarazuka City) is completed. |
| 12/20 | All temporary housing in Kobe City is closed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/12 | "Monument of Memory and Restoration" is completed in Kobe Higashi Yuenchi Park. |
| 1/14 | After almost 5 years (1823 days), the last temporary housing facility, in Akashi City, closes. |
| Feb. | UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) opens an office in Kobe. |
| 2/23 | Restoration Measures Headquarters of the government is dissolved. |
| Mar. | Removal of temporary housing is completed. |
| 3/18 | Awaji Flower Exposition "Japan Flora 2000" is held (until Sept.,2000). |
| Apr. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi Eki-minami 1st district (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Aug. | "Hyogo Prefectural Disaster Countermeasures Center" is established. |
| Sep. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Takarazuka Ekimae 2nd district (Takarazuka City) is completed. |
| 10/6 | The Western Tottori Prefecture Earthquake |
| Dec. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Kamimae-cho 2chome northern district (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan. | "1.17 Hyogo Memorial Walk 2001" is held (has taken place every January since). |
| 2/21 | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Takatori-higashi 1st district (Nagata-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Mar. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi Eki northeastern district (Nishinomiya City)" is completed. |
| 3/24 | Geiyo Earthquake |
| Apr. | "Disaster Victims Restoration Support Conference " is launched. |
| 4/23 | JMA revises the method for calculating magnitude. The magnitude of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is revised from 7.2 to 7.3. |
| Jun. | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Kansai Research Centre opens in HAT Kobe. |
| 6/12 | Kobe City regained its population of 1.5 million. |
| Jul. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi Ekinishi (western district) (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 7/7 | Kobe City Subway Kaigan Line opens. |
| 7/31 | Toshitami Kaibara, Governor of Hyogo Prefecture, retires. He is succeeded by Keizo Ido. |
| 8/16 | Opening ceremony of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Kobe Office (HAT Kobe). |
| Oct. | The land adjustment project for reconstruction in "Morigu district (Nishinomiya City) is completed. |
| 11/30 | The population of the earthquake-effected 10 cities and 10 towns returned to pre- earthquake levels. |
| Dec. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi Ekiminami 3rd district) (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Feb. | An incorporated nonprofit organization "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1.17 the Light of Hope" is launched. |
| 4/1 | Hyogo Prefectural Maiko High School set up "Environment and Disaster Mitigation Course". |
| Apr. | Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art is established. |
| Apr. | "Hyogo International Center (JICA Hyogo)", the predecessor of the present JICA Kansai, opens in HAT Kobe. |
| 4/27 | Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution is established. |
| May | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Ashiya central district (Ashiya City) is completed. |
| Jun. | Hyogo Voluntary Plaza is established. |
| Jun. | 2002 FIFA World Cup TM is held in Kobe. |
| 7/19 | Tonankai and Nankai Earthquakes Disaster Management Special Measures Act is enacted (Designated promotion areas are obliged to take measures against tsunami). |
| Sep. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Minatogawa-cho 1&2 chome district (Hyogo-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 10/10 | Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA) is established. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan. | A single CD "Mangetsu no Yube"(covered by GaGaGaSP) was released and recorded 11th in Oricon chart. |
| Feb. | The readjustment project for reconstruction in "Moriminami 1st and 2nd districts (Higashinada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Mar. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Nigawa Ekimae district (Takarazuka City)" is completed. |
| 3/18 | Central Disaster Prevention Council published the estimation of damage by Tokai Earthquake with the worst estimated fatalities as 10,000 people. |
| Apr. | "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Foundation" moves to HAT Kobe. |
| Apr. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Misuga eastern district (Nagata-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 4/17 | Central Disaster Prevention Council published the estimation of damage by Tonankai and Nankai Earthquakes. |
| May | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Ashiya western 1st district (Ashiya City)" is completed. |
| Aug. | Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Kobe Hospital, Japanese Red Cross Society Hyogo branch are jointly established in HAT Kobe. |
| Sep. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi-eki-minami 4th district (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 10/3 | Kobe Marui department store is opened. |
| 12/17 |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi Eki-minami 2nd district (Nada-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 3/31 | A bill to revise "Act Concerning Support for Reconstructing Livelihood of Disaster Victims" is approved. (Secure Livelihood Support System was enforced on April 1st) |
| 4/1 | Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress is established in HAT Kobe. |
| Apr. | Hyogo Prefectural Emergency Management and Training Center is established in Miki City. |
| 9/27 | A serial TV drama "Wakaba" started (~2005.3.26) The heroine is a girl who lost her father in the earthquake and the drama takes place in Kobe. |
| 10/23 | NiigataPrefecture Chuetsu Earthquake (M6.8) |
| 11/1 | The population of Kobe City recovered to levels before the earthquake. |
| Dec. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Matsumoto district (Hyogo-ku, Kobe) is completed. |
| 12/26 | Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan. | "3-D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility (E-Defense)" is completed. |
| 1/12 | The government's Earthquake Research Committee published long-term assessment of Rokko-Awajishima Fault Zone. |
| 1/17 | 10 years since the Great Hanshin-Awajishima Earthquake. Memorial services are held in many places in Hyogo. |
| 1/18 | The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held in Kobe. The "Hyogo Declaration" and "Hyogo Framework for Action" are adopted. |
| Feb. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Ashiya western district 2 (Ashiya City)" is completed. |
| Mar. | The land readjustment projects in "Moriminami district 3 (Higashinada-ku, Kobe)" and "Misuga western district (Nagata-ku, Kobe)" are completed. |
| Mar. | Hyogo Pref. and and Kobe City abolish their respective Emergency Operations Centers. |
| 3/20 | Fukuoka Prefecture Western Offshore Earthquake(M7.0) |
| 4/1 | "Hyogo Safety Day" is enacted. |
| Apr. | Pref. starts operation of "Hyogo Emergency Net" |
| 5/11 | International Recovery Platform (IRP) is established in HAT Kobe. |
| 8/8 | Hyogo Pref. Board of Education provisional measures taking into account the influence of the earthquake on the results of entrance exams, are discontinued. |
| 9/1 | Hyogo Prefecture's original "mutual aid system for housing reconstruction (Phoenix Mutual Aid System)"starts. |
| Sep.- | "Kobe Kaeru Caravan 2005" is held at seven places within Kobe City. Later this event became "Iza! Kaeru Caravan!", which is now spreading all over Japan and the world as a program of disaster reduction education. |
| 9/17 | The redevelopment project of the southern area of JR Rokkomichi is completed. |
| 10/22 | Hyogo Performing Arts Center opens. |
| 12/22 | The number of Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake fatalities reaches 6,434. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Jan. | "1.17 Disaster Reduction Prize (Bousai Koshien)" starts. |
| 2/16 | Kobe Airport opens. |
| Mar. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Rokkomichi Eki Nishi (northern district, Nada-ku)" is completed. |
| 3/31 | The tenth volume of "Journal of Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Restoration" ( a set of 10 volumes) is published by Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Commemoration Association. |
| Apr. | "Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial Foundation" is reorganized into "Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute". |
| Apr. | Restoration Fund to support self-reliance for the elderly starts. |
| Apr. | The Disaster Medical Assistance Team "Hyogo DMAT" is supported as an independent entity. |
| 5/19 | Entire damage caused by the earthquake is confirmed 11 years later. (The Fire and Disaster Management Agency announced the final data, including partially damaged housing and public facilities.) |
| 9/16 | A movie "Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers," shot in Kobe in the 10th year after the earthquake, is released. |
| 9/30 | "Nojigiku Hyogo National Athletic Meet" opens. 'Habatan,' makes his first appearance, later becoming the official mascot of Hyogo Prefecture, |
| 10/4 | "Mint Kobe" opens at the site of the former Kobe Shimbun Kaikan. |
| Nov. | Hyogo Prefecture concludes an agreement with cities and towns in the prefecture concerning mutual reinforcement in case of disasters. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | "Welfare shelters" are set up to support people affected by the Noto Hanto Earthquake. This is the first time the national government implemented a policy based on the experiences of Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
| 5/27 | "Catholic Takatori Church" is rebuilt. |
| 7/16 | Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (M6.8) |
| Oct. | "Mutual aid system for joint ownership space in an apartment house" is added to Hyogo Mutual Aid System for Housing Reconstruction. |
| 10/1 | Earthquake Early Warning starts actual operation. |
| 10/14 | Hyogo Office of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) opens in HAT Kobe. |
| 11/9 | Partial revision of "Support for Reconstructing Livelihoods of Disaster Victims Act" (A fixed amount of money is paid and it can be used for any purpose). |
| Nov. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Tsukiji district (Amagasaki City)" is completed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Takatori-higashi 2nd district (Suma-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| Mar. | The urban redevelopment project for reconstruction in "Shinnagata Eki-minami district 3 (Ohhashi district 4) (Nagata-ku, Kobe)" is completed. |
| 5/12 | Great Sichuan Earthquake (China) |
| 6/14 | Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake(M7.2) |
| Oct. | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Nishinomiya-kitaguchi station, northeastern district (Nishinomiya City)" is completed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | JR West completed renovation of about 32,500 pillars of elevated bridges to make them quake-proof. |
| 3/22 | "Passing on the Lessons of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake" is published by Hyogo Pref., presenting 100 important lessons in restoration and revitalization from the earthquake disaster. |
| 9/29 | Lifesize model of anime robot 'Gigantor' is completed in Nagata-ku, Kobe. |
| 10/30 | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Toshima district (Awaji City)" is completed. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/12 | Haiti Earthquake (fatalities exceeded 200,000) |
| 1/17 | Gatherings for Hyogo Safety Day (15th anniversary memorial ceremonies, etc.) are held. |
| 1/17 | Minatonomori Park (Kobe Earthquake Memorial Park) opens. |
| 1/17 | Broadcasting of T.V. drama "Sonomachi-no-Kodomo (Children of the town)." Later it also became a stage play. |
| 2/15 | Hyogo Pref. announces that the aid system for household items will be added to "Phoenix Mutual Aid System". |
| 9/15 | |
| 10/13 | |
| 10/24 | Yamate Kansen is fully opened to traffic. |
| Nov. | After rennovations, Futaba Elementary School, which served as a shelter after the earthquake, opens as "Kobe City Local Employment Support Center". |
| 12/1 | Eleven prefectures and cities in Kansai establish the "Union of Kansai Governments". Hyogo Pref. takes charge of wide area disaster reduction. |
| 12/22 | Takarazuka City announces it will extend the rental contracts for restoration housing rented from the Urban Renaissance Agency, the first of the affected municipalities to do so. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2/22 | Christchurch earthquake (New Zealand) |
| 3/11 | The Great East Japan Earthquake(Mw9.0) |
| 3/28 | The land readjustment project for reconstruction in "Shinnagata Eki northern district (Nagata-ku, Kobe)" is completed. (Projects completed in all twenty districts.) |
| 4/27 | The government's Central Disaster Prevention Council decides to revise the nation's basic disaster prevention plan. (They will reevaluate the scale of presumable earthquakes and utilize it for countermeasures to cope with continuous earthquakes in Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai.) |
| 6/24 | Enactment of "East Japan Earthquake Restoration Basic Act"/ Enactment of "Law pertaining to promotion of tsunami measures". |
| 6/26 | A special research group of the Central Disaster Prevention Council makes an interim report on the countermeasures against earthquakes and tsunamis, learning lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake, revising the assumption of frequency of earthquakes and tsunamis to a maximum level of once in a thousand years. |
| Aug. | Disaster Prevention Education Center of Hyogo Prefectural University is established in HAT Kobe. |
| 9/28 | A special research group of he Central Disaster Prevention Council made a report on the countermeasures against earthquakes and tsunamis, learning lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake. |
| 11/20 | "The 1st Kobe Marathon" with the theme of "Thanks and Friendship". |
| 12/14 | Enactment of Law pertaining to community development with measures against tsunami. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Mar. | "Shiawase Hakoberu Youni", which was composed right after the earthquake and has since become very popular, is released as a CD by a major recording company. |
| 3/7 | Central Disaster Prevention Council Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures releases an interim report. |
| 3/31 | The first report of the investigation meeting on the Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake Model (estimation of seismic intensity distribution, tsunami height (50m mesh), etc.). |
| 6/27 | Amendment of Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act. |
| 7/19 | Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures' working group on Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake countermeasures releases an interim report (countermeasures for the medium term, etc.). |
| 7/31 | Central Disaster Prevention Council Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures releases its final report. |
| Aug. | Kobe City, which was designated as a City of Design by UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2008, opens the "Design Creative Center Kobe (KIITO). |
| 8/29 | The investigation meeting on Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake Model releases its second report (estimation of tsunami height(10m mesh), submerged areas, etc.)/ The Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures' working group on Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake countermeasures releases its first report (estimation of victims, damage to buildings,etc.). |
| 10/11 |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 3/7 | JMA starts a new tsunami warning system (In case of a massive earthquake, the first warning is expressed as "massive" or "high", without forecasting the height of tsunami). |
| 3/18 | Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures' working group on Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake countermeasures releases its second report (estimation of damage to facilities and economic loss). |
| 3/25 | Kobe City partially extends the time limit on rented restoration housing. |
| 3/27 | Hyogo Pref. approves continuous living in the rented restoration housing for special consideration households, which fulfill certain conditions. |
| 5/28 | Investigation Conference on Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures' working group on Nankai Trough Massive Earthquake countermeasures releases its final report. |
| 6/21 | Amendment of Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act / Enactment of Law pertaining to restoration from large-scale disasters. |
| Sep. | Free charity music festival "COMIN' KOBE" wins the Kobe City Culture Promotion Prize. |
| 11/22 | Enactment of Act on Special Measures concerning Nankai Trough Earthquake. |
| 11/29 | Enactment of Act on Special Measures concerning Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures against Nankai Trough Earthquake(Amendment of Act concerning Promotion of Disaster Prevention Countermeasures against Tonankai and Nankai Earthquakes(enacted on July 26, 2014))/Enactment of Act on Special Measures concerning Countermeasures against Tokyo Inland Earthquake. |
| Kobe citizens who did not experience the earthquake reach more than 40%. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/14 | Kobe City announces it will buy a part of rented restoration housing. |
| 4/17 | The Earthquake Disaster 20th Anniversary project is launched/Various events are held during the year, starting in April. |
| 6/17 | Hyogo Pref. eases the tenant requirement of rented restoration housing. |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1/17 | 20 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |