A buildup of water deep underground may be behind more than 300 swarm earthquakes that have made life a misery for residents of Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, over the past two years or so ...

Officials in Ishikawa's Wajima City say a fire broke out in the center of the city, damaging more than 50 stores and houses on a street that hosts a morning market. Japanese Prime Minister Kishida ...

A picture-perfect village in Japan is staying alive with a population of just one person. Discover the story behind this ...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture--City officials here are asking 401 children to temporarily leave their families and relocate about 100 kilometers to the south until safety is restored at their quake ...

At least one person was missing in Wajima City due to the heavy rain ... nearly 5,000 households in Ishikawa Prefecture were without electricity. Wajima and Suzu had ordered about 30,000 residents ...

The Iida Community Center in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, started providing shelter to evacuees with pets on January 28. Many evacuation centers do not accept pets, forcing some people to take ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box. One brushstroke at a time, the ...