STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Noto's Casa Cucina's crew intended to launch in the last week of June with a "soft opening." John and Susan Noto and their chef, Kim Leo, ...

Hegura Island is a lone island off the Noto Peninsula in the Sea of Japan. Each autumn, it welcomes a wide variety of migratory birds. They come to Hegura to rest their wings on their way from ...

Magnitude 6, epicenter between Noto and Sado Island, a little further north. The proximity of the ocean prompted some to move away from the shore. "No risk of tsunami," reassured the JMA.