Noto Peninsula Earthquake
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News in Pictures: Three Months On, Spring Arrives in Quake-Hit Noto
Monday marked three months since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which devastated Ishikawa Prefect...
April 2, 2024
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Noto Peninsula Earthquake – 3 Months Later / Demolition Efforts Lagging 3 Months After Japan Quake, Prompting Many Residents to Leave Hometowns
Three months after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake struck on New Year’s Day, collapsed houses remai...
April 1, 2024
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Thousands Still in Shelters in Ishikawa Pref.; Recovery Slower than after Kumamoto Quake
There were still 8,109 people living in evacuation shelters in Ishikawa Prefecture as of March 29...
April 1, 2024
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Lacquerware Artisans in Quake-Hit Wajima Get a Fresh Start with Donated Tools; People All Over Japan Come Together To Help Wajima Artisans
WAJIMA, Ishikawa ― Tools donated from all over Japan were presented to Wajima-nuri lacquerware ar...
March 31, 2024
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Ishikawa Fishing Ports’ Marine Harvest Fortunes Differ After Noto Quake
KANAZAWA — Fishing ports in Ishikawa Prefecture that were severely damaged by the Noto Peninsula ...
March 28, 2024
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Public Onsen Bathhouse Reopens in Ishikawa Pref. Hot Spring Resort Wakura Onsen After Months of Closure from Jan. 1 Earthquake
NANAO, Ishikawa — A public bath reopened for business on Tuesday at the Wakura Onsen hot spring r...
March 28, 2024
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Bottom Trawling Restarts in Ishikawa Pref. Post Quake; Fishers Still Short on Fuel, Ice
SUZU, Ishikawa — Fishers in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, went bottom trawling on Sunday for the fir...
March 25, 2024
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Giant Squid Monument Withstood Jan. 1 Quake, Tsunami; ‘King’ Now a Beacon of Hope for Reconstruction
NOTO, Ishikawa — The giant squid monument called Ika King (Squid King) survived the tsunami trigg...
March 22, 2024
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Violin with Wajima Lacquer Coating Found Safe in Japan’s Quake Debris; Designer Hopes for Performance to Offer Gratitude
WAJIMA, Ishikawa — A violin coated with Wajima lacquer has been found intact in the debris of a W...
March 22, 2024
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Japan’s Blue Impulse Aerobatic Display Flight Team Flies over Quake-hit Noto Areas; Show Heartens Affected Residents
WAJIMA. Ishikawa — The Blue Impulse, an aerobatic display team of the Air Self-Defense Force, fle...
March 19, 2024
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Ishikawa Native Living in North Korea Expresses Regret Over News of His Japanese Mother’s Death
A man who lives in North Korea after his disappearance from Japan in the early 1960s has expresse...
March 14, 2024
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Water Restored at Some Places in Quake-Hit Central Japan City
SUZU, Ishikawa (Jiji Press)—The water outage caused by the Jan. 1 major earthquake in central Jap...
March 10, 2024
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Store Selling Specialties of Quake-Hit Ishikawa Opens in Tokyo; Promote Local Attractions ahead of an Extended Section of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Bullet Train Line
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A store that sells food and other specialties and promote culture of Ishikaw...
March 10, 2024
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Rebuild of Yuriage Market in Tohoku Offers Lessons for Wajima; Market Seeing More Traffic Than Before 2011 Quake
Only the frames and outer walls of buildings remained, and burnt debris littered the ground. Gone...
March 10, 2024
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Japan’s Quake-Hit Fish Market to Hold Event in Kanazawa on March 23; One-Day Market Organized by Noto’s Wajima Morning Market Members
KANAZAWA — People who owned stores in the Wajima Morning Market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, h...
March 7, 2024
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