Based on the experience, the agency plans to provide disaster response teams with smaller rescue vehicles capable of operating over rough and narrow roads. Read more
The nation's transport ministry plans to revise its guidelines around June on airport operators' business continuity planning (BCP) in order to enable the facilities to handle evac... Read more
Thunderous cracks echoed through the air as the earth convulsed beneath Suzanne Ross’ feet, with glass objects shattering as they fell to the ground and wooden beams splintering. Read more
In the town of Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, where the New Year’s Day earthquake and tsunami wrought serious devastation and loss, a remarkable monument once criticized as “wasteful... Read more
The powerful New Year's Day earthquake that ravaged a remote central Japan region has left its famed, centuries-old sake-making industry facing the danger of losing some of the craftsma... Read more
In the summer of 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho left the port town of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture and traveled north along the Sea of Japan. His destination: Kisakata, an inlet dotted with 10... Read more
A city hit hard by the powerful earthquake that jolted central Japan on New Year's Day had a higher rate of old houses than other municipalities, a Kyodo News survey showed Friday, high... Read more
A month after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day, myriad challenges remain in the recovery effort, with about 14,000 people still living... Read more
A beauty salon and a supermarket are among several businesses in a city in central Japan rocked by the New Year's Day earthquake turning to well water to resume operations. Read more
All Nippon Airways resumed its flights to and from an airport on the Noto Peninsula on Saturday, almost a month after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit the region on New Year's Day and lef... Read more
