Grieving father runs race, trains for it in places where he and his late family members used to play together.

Parts of the Noto Peninsula in the prefecture were flattened ... emergency services may be possible within a few days, it said. The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a special heavy rainfall ...

The government, its makeup in flux after the governing party lost seats this week, will soon need to make decisions that will ...

Officials check the level of damage in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2024, a month after torrential rain hit the ...

At least six people have been confirmed dead on Japan’s Noto Peninsula after floods struck an area still recovering from a major earthquake nine months ago. Heavy rain pounded the area over the ...

Located on the Sea of Japan, Ishikawa Prefecture once held a powerful place in feudal Japan. We can see this legacy today at ...

Nationwide support pouring in for the Noto area ravaged first by an earthquake and then massive rains this year has led to ...

The Japan Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster ... But there must be ways to enlist their help for the benefit of survivors of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. At the time of the Great ...

The epicentre of the 7.6 quake was the Noto peninsula, in central Japan. The Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said that emergency services were locked in a "race against time" to rescue survivors.

In November 2023 Ishikawa Prefecture held a nuclear disaster drill, recalls science writer Takashi Soeda for the magazine ...

The death toll from record levels of rainfall that hit the northern part of Japan’s Noto peninsula has risen to seven, authorities said on Monday. Deadly flooding and landslides due to ...

Thousands of families lost their homes when the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan's remote Noto peninsula on New Year's Day. Children in the affected areas need food and shelter and basic support ...