Residents Return to Island Hit by 2024 Noto Quake; Much Cleanup Work Ahead as Ferry Service Resumes

By Tsubasa Narishima / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
16:03 JST,
July 31, 2025
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — About 50 people sailed to Hegurajima Island in the Sea of Japan aboard the passenger ferry Nozomi on Wednesday. The remote island had been damaged in the January 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and the boat resumed service there from Wajima Port on the day for the first time in ab...
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