Liquefaction during the Noto quake caused a lateral flow of up to 3 meters along a prefectural road running north to south ...

Not everywhere in Japan is suffering from overtourism, says Kate Crockett – the rural Noto Peninsula is welcoming tourists ...

Onosato, 24, is the first Japanese sumo wrestler to achieve the rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in years, and he's vowed ...

There are at least 47 damaged houses whose owners are unclear in Wajima, and at least 35 in the city of Nanao.

The sport has recently been dominated by Mongolians and prior to Onosato, six of the previous seven yokozunas have been from ...

Japan's Princess Aiko has visited temporary shops in Shika Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, run by people affected by the massive earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day last year.

About 100 students from Tokyo have visited Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture. The prefecture says it marked the first school trip to the region since a devastating earthquake there early ...

Japan needs to revise its disinformation countermeasures by focusing on domestic disinformation, collaborating with other ...

Using the Komatsu Air Base of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force in the prefecture, the U.S. military brought emergency supplies to Noto Airport via helicopter on Jan. 17. “We’ve made the ...

From visiting a rural onsen to losing yourself in under the neon lights of an arcade, these are the best experiences in Japan ...

NOTO, Ishikawa Prefecture--Tsunami from the earthquake ... was installed after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which spawned giant tsunami and claimed thousands of lives.