This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.

Experts warned of powerful aftershocks in the days ahead as they puzzled over the forces that generated the magnitude-7.6 earthquake in the Noto region ... level on the Japanese scale.

An exhibition featuring a traditional bridal item from the Hokuriku region is being held in Tokyo to support the quake-hit Noto area in central Japan. The item, called "hanayome noren," or bride's ...

Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...

Yoshifumi Hibako, a former chief of staff of the Ground SDF, said the Noto region had long been known ... at the International University of Japan, said a contingent of that scale would require ...

Monday marks one month since record-breaking downpours hit the Noto region in central Japan. People affected by flooding and landslides require continued support to rebuild their livelihoods. The ...

It is believed that the history of the ama on the Sea of Japan side of ... northern tip of the Noto Peninsula, currently part of Ishikawa Prefecture. Because of the similarities in dialect and customs ...

Voters in Ishikawa Prefecture, struck by a strong earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day, are calling for government support for swift reconstruction, but some have lamented that "now is ...

(Photo courtesy of Imperial Household Agency)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's former Empress Michiko ... keeping in her thoughts the disaster-hit Noto region in Ishikawa Prefecture, the Imperial ...