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

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

Ordinary vehicles can use Chirihama beach at the base of the Noto Peninsula along the Sea of Japan because its extremely fine-grained sand hardens by absorbing water. In 2019, more than 880,000 ...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa -- A resident here recorded a video of a flooded river just before houses and a car were swept away as torrential rain hit the Noto Peninsula ... along the Sea of Japan.

A powerful earthquake jolted the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture facing Sea of Japan, as well as other prefectures, in the afternoon of June 19. The Japan Meteorological Agency said no ...

Japan's Noto Peninsula was a vital economic hub centuries ... which juts out into the Sea of Japan. It flourished in the 18th and 19th centuries, when it was home to many owners of merchant ...

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

The devastating earthquake that struck Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula ... craftsmen from across Japan and asked them to make candles. Kitamae-bune ships plied a Sea of Japan route between ...

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 ...

According to satellite imagery, Japan's Noto Peninsula was rattled and slightly ... roughly 13 feet. That means the sea floor along the coast has now risen above the water in many places on ...

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

Ishikawa, 155km (96.3 miles) south of the Noto peninsula, experienced a 5.5 quake ... By Tuesday, all tsunami advisories were lifted along the Sea of Japan, meaning there was no longer a risk ...