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More than 20,000 ordered to evacuate as rain lashes central and northeastern Japan
More than 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate in parts of central and northeastern Japan on Friday as heavy rain sparked flooding. The Meteorological Agency also warned of landslides and flooding in other areas as a front bringing heavy rain was expected to move south ...
World's first cloned cow dies of old age in Ishikawa Prefecture
The world's first cloned cow died of old age Monday, according to the prefectural government of Ishikawa. The female cow, Noto, was 19 years and 10 months old when she passed away. Officials announced Tuesday that an autopsy showed she was not suffering from any diseases ...
Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto was handily re-elected to a seventh term Sunday by besting sole challenger Emi Kokura in a race that set a record low for turnout and made him the nation's longest-serving governor. "Winning seven terms was not my goal as governor," Tanimoto ...
Seven bodies found in capsized wooden boat likely from North Korea
The discovery comes after suspected cases of North Korean boat arrivals rose to a record high last year since comparable data became available in 2013.
Missing our Thanksgiving feast in Japan, with all its bustle and chaos
A free-range turkey supplier in Ishikawa Prefecture offers nostalgic North Americans a taste of home.
Central Japan libraries report finding yearbooks with pages torn out
Numerous pages of school yearbooks kept in libraries in six prefectures in central Japan were found to have been ripped out, it has emerged. The latest cases were discovered in five municipal libraries in the cities of Nanao, Kaga and Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture. The ...
Kanazawa Ishikawa Pref. The body of a female high school student, her hands and mouth bound with duct tape, has been discovered in an abandoned home in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, police said Saturday. The body, which had multiple stab wounds, was discovered Friday night and later ...
Ishikawa firm's styrofoam domes find favor with farmers seeking disaster-proof growing environment
For years, Katsuyuki Kitagawa dreamed of living in a comfortable home in the shape of a domed manju (dumpling), minus the bean paste. For over a decade his firm, Japan Dome House Co., based in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, has come about as close to that ...
The Ishikawa Prefectural Police Wednesday arrested a 60-year-old director of Hokkoku Shimbun, a newspaper based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on suspicion of smuggling Rush, a so-called dangerous drug, into Japan. According to the police, Hajime Saga of Kanazawa allegedly imported 12 bottles of liquid containing ...
Ishikawa Prefecture is inviting visitors to view a studio where cultural assets are restored in a bid to draw public attention to the skill of art repair, the first such attempt by a local government in Japan. Ishikawa is known for traditional urushi lacquerware known ...
Two teens die, 25 people hurt in car-minibus collision in Ishikawa Prefecture
Two teenagers died and 25 people were taken to hospital Saturday after a bus and a passenger car collided in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, local police said. The bus carrying students belonging to a baseball club at a junior high school in the ...
Ishikawa huntress group takes aim at traditional stereotypes
Women from Ishikawa Prefecture have launched a hunting group, with the aim of enjoying the activity while preserving the environment. Karijo no Kai (Group of Hunter Girls) is a female-only hunters club established in March. The group is now preparing for its first trip to ...
