Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. – Around 11,400 people are still living at evacuation shelters in Ishikawa Prefecture two months after a massive earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day. …
kanazawa â Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday his government will allocate additional funds of around Â¥100 billion ($665 million) for reconstruction efforts on the Noto Peninsula following the New …
Nanao, Ishikawa Pref. – A float festival that features on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list will not be held this year in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that struck …
Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – All seven municipal elementary and junior high schools in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, reopened on Tuesday, following a closure due to a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New …
In the summer of 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho left the port town of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and traveled north along the Sea of Japan. His destination: Kisakata, an …
KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. – Evacuees from areas hit by the Jan. 1 earthquake, which killed over 200 people in central Japan, began moving into the first batch of temporary homes …
Donations to quake-hit Ishikawa have reached around ¥17 billion ($116 million), prefectural officials said Thursday. According to the officials, 223,365 donations totaling ¥16,925 million had been made as of Tuesday. …
Japan has no intention of changing its plan for the 2025 Osaka Expo, regardless of the effect of the powerful New Year’s Day earthquake on the supply of construction materials, …
KANAZAWA – All Nippon Airways resumed its flights to and from an airport in central Japan on Saturday, almost a month after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit the region on New …
Local and national police said Friday they will enhance security in areas of central Japan hit by a strong earthquake earlier this month amid rising cases of theft and other …