A railway operator in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, has started running a new train service to educate people about the ...

Torrential rain in Japan has triggered landslides and caused widespread flooding leaving one person dead and several missing.

Japan's land ministry said Tuesday that its 2025 budget request features disaster reduction measures, following the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, and efforts to strengthen logistics networks ...

Among those attending was Kazuaki Hasegawa, president of West Japan Railway Co. (JR West), which ... as a trigger to pass on that energy to the Noto Peninsula.” Inns in hot spring resort areas ...

At least six people were reported missing Sunday after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering ...

Rescue workers searched for at least six people missing Sunday after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, ...

A study of posts on X (formerly Twitter) after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake found that 10% of posts seeking rescue help were based on false information. After the earthquake that struck Noto ...

The study reveals that the magnitude M 7.6 earthquake, which struck Japan's Noto Peninsula on January 1st, 2024, was preceded by a series of foreshocks including three significant events (M 5.5 ...

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref., Sept. 19 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday visited the city of Wajima in the Noto Peninsula in central Japan to inspect areas hit by the Jan ...

A schematic diagram of the faulting processes of the 2024 M7.6 Noto Peninsula earthquake sequence. GA, UNITED STATES, September 19, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- A newly published study sheds light on ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Crested ibises, birds designated as Japanese natural treasures, may be released in the Noto Peninsula as part of a restoration project for the region hit hard by a ...