Kobe's ‘Hope’ Baby Helped People Connect with Tohoku, as Region Recovered from 2011 Great East Japan...
- Posted on January 17, 2026
- By The Japan News
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Kobe's ‘Hope’ Baby Helped People Connect with Tohoku, as Region Recovered from 2011 Great East Japan...
KOBE — On Jan. 20, 1995, three days after the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a baby girl weighing 2.97 kilograms was born at Kanebo Memorial Hospital in Hyogo Ward, Kobe. The delightful news from the disaster-struck area was reported both in Japan and abroad, and diapers and clothing were sent to the hospital.
