The Cabinet Office will conduct a survey as early as this fiscal year on stockpiles at facilities around the country that are designated to be used as temporary shelters in …
Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – Ten elementary and junior high schools in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, reopened Thursday after a closure due to record-breaking heavy rain last weekend. However, …
Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – The death toll after the weekend’s heavy rain that hit the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture rose to nine on Wednesday. A …
Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to equip disaster response teams with small rescue vehicles that can operate on rough roads starting in fiscal 2025, officials said. The decision …
A mission taken up by the Self-Defense Forces in response to the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake became the SDF’s longest quake response program on Sunday, marking its 175th day. …
Sitting on top of four major tectonic plates, Japan is one of the countries most at risk of earthquakes. That fact was demonstrated in tragic and dramatic fashion on Jan. …
A strong earthquake registering an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale struck the Noto Peninsula area of Ishikawa Prefecture early Monday, the Meteorological Agency said, just over five …
Japan’s environment and justice ministries have decided to allow publicly funded demolitions of houses and other buildings damaged by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake to be carried out without …
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 …
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 …