Post earthquake, Wajima lacquerware find new homes

WAJIMA, Japan >> A project to find new owners for recovered Wajima lacquerware is underway in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1. A volunteer organization in Noto, Ishikawa prefecture, collects recovered lacquerware and gives them ... ( read original story ...)

Drones reshape disaster relief efforts in Japan

Drone technology is now taking flight in disaster relief efforts in Japan. After the devastating Noto Peninsula Earthquake on New Year's Day, a large-scale drone operation quickly took shape. ( read original story ...)

Japan discharges toxic water despite protests

Japanese hold a rally to protest against the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. March 11, 2024, is the 13th anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country's northern coasts. ZHU CHENXI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE The ... ( read original story ...)

No Filipino casualties in magnitude 5.9 Japan quake – DMW

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), citing initial data from its migrant workers office (MWO) in Japan, said no Filipino was reported injured following an earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula early Monday morning. ( read original story ...)

DMW: Filipinos in Taiwan, Japan safe amid quakes

The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Monday said no Filipinos were injured in Taiwan and Japan that were struck by earthquakes. In a statement, the DMW said initial reports from the Migrant Workers Office in Osaka, ( read original story ...)

Japan Meteorological Agency warns of more quakes in Ishikawa

Japan's Meteorological Agency is calling on people in the area hit by an earthquake on Monday morning to be on alert for falling rocks and landslides. The quake hit Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and registered an intensity of upper 5 on the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Ishikawa Region

TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage. A magnitude 5.9 temblor on the northern ... ( read original story ...)