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, on Dec. 10. Photo: AFP The ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.