Image: Sean Pavone/iStock The Noto Peninsula is the northern tip of Ishikawa Prefecture that juts out into the Sea of Japan. With scenic views and small towns perfect for experiencing local culture, ...

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

Residents of areas struck by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake have expressed dissatisfaction over the results of local governments' assessments of their damaged homes. According to six ...

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 ...

Residents of the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, which was hit both by a massive earthquake and a heavy rain disaster earlier this year, have mixed feelings of hope and resignation over politics ...

TOKYO -- The probability of a magnitude 7-plus earthquake striking the Noto Peninsula had jumped to 400 times normal before the New Year's Day temblor, due to continuing seismic swarm activity in ...

Experts have been observing greater seismic activity under the Noto Peninsula for the past several years. They believe one cause is the subterranean movement of fluids. Professor Nishimura Takuya ...

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.

Despite desperate rescue efforts, as of 2 p.m. Friday, 12 days after a major earthquake struck Japan's Noto Peninsula, at least 1,900 people in 17 districts are still stranded. Concerns are ...

By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo and across the Noto Peninsula on Japan’s northwest coast A decade after one of the most devastating atomic-energy disasters in history ...