“I guess I have to accept reality. We have a place to stay,” she said. Kozo Naka, right, cries as his wife, Sueko Naka, looks down during an interview at their temporary housing unit in Wajima, Japan, ...

Japan on Jan. 17 marked 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a devastating disaster that struck Kobe and other parts ...

30 (Xinhua) -- A group of researchers have found that the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake that struck central Japan has caused a shore upheaval of up to 5.5 meters in Wajima City, Ishikawa ...

The Noto Peninsula earthquake dealt a huge blow to Wajima City's famed lacquerware artisans. But they're determined to keep their centuries-old industry alive.

WAJIMA, Japan – Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from Japan’s remote Noto Peninsula wished to live out her life at home, watched over by an altar to her ancestors.

A time-honored New Year's ritual has returned to Wajima City on the Noto Peninsula, after an earthquake in central Japan forced the event to be canceled last year.

After the earthquake "we received various forms of external support, and there was an emerging sense that everyone was going to start over", Wajima city official Yasuaki Ipponmatsu told AFP.

The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan ... after a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, followed by severe floods.

Wajima, a coastal city with a population of ... An avid angler, Shoji was alone at a local port late afternoon when the earthquake struck, knocking him onto his back. Sea water roared and receded ...

The Wajima Lacquerware Youth Association will set up a new showcase for the FFXIV plate art at Isetan Shinjuku in mid-February 2025.