The weather agency warned of major traffic disruptions in flat areas in the northern part of the Noto region in Ishikawa.

Since many of the damaged houses are traditional, picturesque buildings, concerns are rising that their demolition could ...

At least 48 people were killed in Ishikawa Prefecture following the powerful earthquake that rattled the Noto region on New Year’s Day, the prefectural government said Jan. 2. As of 3:30 p.m ...

Food distribution is underway at a community center in a temporary housing area in the Misaki-machi district of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

When the Noto Peninsula earthquake struck on New Year’s Day, 2024, we saw evacuees taking shelter in school gymnasiums and community centers, lying on cold, hard floors. There were no partitions ...

Ishikawa Prefecture, on Day 1 of the two-day All-Star series held to support efforts to recover from a massive earthquake in January 2024 and torrential rain in September on the Noto Peninsula.

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

Ishikawa Prefecture. The two-day All-Star series was aimed at supporting recovery work on the prefecture's Noto Peninsula, which was devastated by a magnitude-7.6 earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.

A Kyodo News survey showed Sunday that 50.1 percent of respondents gave high marks to the first in-person summit between ...