On January 1, a magnitude-7.5 quake hit Noto Peninsula of central Japan's Ishikawa prefecture. The deadliest earthquake in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake caused a total of 401 deaths, injured ...

The government, its makeup in flux after the governing party lost seats this week, will soon need to make decisions that will ...

Parts of the Noto Peninsula in the prefecture were flattened ... emergency services may be possible within a few days, it said. The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a special heavy rainfall ...

Officials check the level of damage in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2024, a month after torrential rain hit the ...

The demographics on the Noto Peninsula are different from those in other areas of Japan that have experienced devastating earthquakes. In the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, the aging rate in seven ...

Located on the Sea of Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture once held a powerful place in feudal Japan. We can see this legacy today at ...

Nationwide support pouring in for the Noto area ravaged first by an earthquake and then massive rains this year has led to ...

The epicentre of the 7.6 quake was the Noto peninsula, in central Japan. The Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said that emergency services were locked in a "race against time" to rescue survivors.

In November 2023 Ishikawa Prefecture held a nuclear disaster drill, recalls science writer Takashi Soeda for the magazine ...

The death toll from record levels of rainfall that hit the northern part of Japan’s Noto peninsula has risen to seven, authorities said on Monday. Deadly flooding and landslides due to ...

Thousands of families lost their homes when the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day. Children in the affected areas need food and shelter and basic support ...

Noto Tour, which is an exploration journey of Japanese culinary excellence and onsen bathing through the rural landscapes of the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s northern Ishikawa Prefecture.