Noto Peninsula Earthquake
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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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20% of People in 6 Quake-Hit Municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture Especially Vulnerable in Emergencies; Support Between People Faces Limit
More than 25,000 people in six Ishikawa Prefecture municipalities ravaged by the Noto Peninsula E...
March 4, 2024
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Noto Quake Evacuation Data Shows Lesson Learned from 2011 Great Earthquake
Many people fled to higher ground right after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in order to escape th...
March 4, 2024
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