While pop music blared in the operating room, Hiroshi Sasaki performed cataract surgery on nearly 40 patients, having started ...

Record-breaking rain has saturated and loosened the ground in Japan's Kyushu region and other areas, mainly in the western ...

Through its assistance in fiscal 2025, the ministry hopes to back the reconstruction of the Noto Peninsula quasi-national park, which is among the areas in Ishikawa Prefecture damaged by the 7.6 ...

In his book titled “Umi wo Hiraita Hitobito” (People who opened up the sea), folklorist Tsuneichi Miyamoto (1907-1981) wrote ...

Japanese weather officials say damp and warm air flowing toward a weather front has formed bands of heavy rain clouds in Ishikawa Prefecture. They warn that the clouds could also form in adjacent ...

A person walks through the collapsed houses in Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on Sunday (Kyodo News via AP) Wajima city has recorded the highest number of deaths with 69, followed by Suzu with 38.

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. – The death toll from the recent torrential rain that hit the northern part of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture has risen to seven, authorities said Monday.

0.8m tall waves reached Toyama Prefecture around 4:35 pm and 0.4m tall waves also reached Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, at 4:36 pm. Niigata's Sado Island also saw high tidal waves at 4:10 pm.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a magnitude 5.9 earthquake hitting Ishikawa Prefecture, with authorities confirming no tsunami risk, NHK reported. The quake occurred at approximately 6:31 ...

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the body of a ninth victim of severe floods which battered parts of Ishikawa Prefecture last week, local media said. A woman's body was found near a river in Wajima ...

People stand near a collapsed torii gate caused by an earthquake at Onohiyoshi Shrine in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan January 1, 2024, in this photo released by Kyodo ...

On January 1, a powerful earthquake struck the northern coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu. More than 200 people lost their lives and tens of thousands had to evacuate their homes, with the most ...