Residents of a district in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, hope to boost reconstruction efforts through the power of radio. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/04/japan/society/wajima-radio-reconstruction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #wajima #radio
Soil liquefaction caused by a massive earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on Jan. 1, 2024, has complicated local efforts to redraw land boundaries in some disaster-hit areas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/03/japan/japan-noto-postquake-liquefaction/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #geology #noto
Parliament passed legislation that features creating a sub-Cabinet-level post at the Cabinet Office to oversee the country's overall disaster response and coordinate between the central and local governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/28/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #diet #upperhouse #ishikawaearthquake
Municipalities hit by the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan in January 2024 are struggling to remove damaged houses, as ownership of many of the properties remains unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/19/japan/noto-quake-damaged-vacant-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #notopeninsula #housing #realestate
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, arrived in Ishikawa Prefecture by shinkansen to inspect the progress of reconstruction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/18/japan/japan-princess-aiko-quake-hit-ishikawa-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princessaiko #imperialfamily #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake
https://www.alojapan.com/1276716/princess-aiko-arrives-in-ishikawa-to-visit-quake-hit-areas/ Princess Aiko arrives in Ishikawa to visit quake-hit areas #ImperialFamily #Ishikawa #IshikawaEarthquake #Japan #JapanNews #news #PrincessAiko Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref. – Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, arrived in Ishikawa Prefecture by shinkansen on Sunday to inspect the progress of reconstruction following the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake in January 2024. It will be the first time the 23-year- …
Princess Aiko will visit the city of Nanao and the town of Shika in Ishikawa Prefecture in mid-May to see how efforts to recover from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have progressed there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/princess-aiko-to-visit-noto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialfamily #princessaiko #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake
Japan's parliament has enacted a bill to facilitate restoring ports damaged by natural disasters so they can be used as transportation bases for relief supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/ishikawa-earthquake-ports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #ports #disasterpreparedness
More than 70% of disaster evacuees on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture are worried about their future housing, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/society/noto-evacuees-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #realestate #earthquakes
https://www.alojapan.com/1245572/over-70-of-noto-evacuees-concerned-about-housing/ Over 70% of Noto evacuees concerned about housing #earthquakes #IshikawaEarthquake #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #NotoPeninsula #RealEstate Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – More than 70% of disaster evacuees on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture are worried about their future housing, a Jiji Press survey has found. The survey was conducted since late March, ahead of the closure on Sunday of all remaining evacuation centers set up after…
Japan plans to establish a system allowing the central government to promptly repair locally managed airports damaged by disasters, in place of local governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/japan/disaster-airports-repair/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airports #disasterpreparedness #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #ishikawa
Ishikawa Prefecture has seen an increase in applications for publicly funded demolition of houses damaged by the January 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake that hit the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/09/japan/japan-ishikawa-quake-home-demolition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #housing
Ishikawa Prefecture on Monday reported 10% falls in the populations of Wajima and Suzu over the year since the Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck the prefecture on Jan. 1, 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/04/japan/noto-population-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #wajima #suzu #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake
People renewed their commitment to revive the Noto Peninsula as they offered prayers to the victims of a massive earthquake that rocked the central Japan region exactly a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/02/japan/victims-mourn-noto-peninsula-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #earthquakes #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake
Japan on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the massive earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula, leaving more than 500 people dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/01/japan/society/noto-quake-one-year-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #floods
A year after a massive earthquake, many people on Japan's Noto Peninsula continue to grapple with the harsh realities of reconstruction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/01/japan/society/noto-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #floods
Residents in the Noto Peninsula are welcoming the new year with a series of events, such as a karaoke competition and the pounding of rice cakes, a year after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/31/japan/society/noto-new-year-preparations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #ishikawa #earthquakes #notopeninsula
Municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture plan to install equipment at disaster evacuation centers for access to SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications service. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/31/japan/noto-quake-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #suzu #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #starlink #spacex
Almost a year after the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day this year claimed nearly 470 lives, Ishikawa Prefecture still quivers with aftershocks, stoking fears of another huge jolt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/30/japan/temporary-homes-ishikawa-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #earthquakes
Keisuke Oma lost his wife and three children on Jan. 1 after a massive earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula. This is the story of his push to persevere in a world without them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/28/japan/ishikawa-man-family-loss-persevere/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #children
