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Timber from the Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 Osaka expo, will be reused in public housing to support recovery efforts in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit by disasters last year.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2025
Osaka Expo's Grand Ring timber to be reused for housing in Ishikawa
Suzu, an Ishikawa city heavily damaged in the disasters, will receive the dismantled timber from the world's largest wooden architectural structure free of charge.
Chef Shota Itoi’s innovative take on modern French cuisine at Auberge Eaufeu elevates the produce of rural Ishikawa Prefecture.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Sep 26, 2025
Auberge Eaufeu brings French flair to a quiet village in Ishikawa
Housed in a former elementary school, the restaurant is a brilliant showcase of the creative mind of chef Shota Itoi.
Kazuya Okuda shows photos he took of damage from last September's heavy rain disaster in the Okunoto region of Ishikawa Prefecture as he talks about revitalizing the region one year on.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2025
Under-40 population plummets in disaster-hit area in Ishikawa Prefecture
The Okunoto region in the Noto Peninsula marked on Sunday one year since it was battered by torrential rains as the area's population outflow continues.
Sorato Shimizu competes at a meet in Hiroshima in July. Over the past few years, Shimizu has been like a superhero among teenage track and field athletes in Japan.
SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025
The sky is the limit for Sorato Shimizu, Japan's great sprinting hope
The 16-year-old has already run the 100 in 10 seconds flat and could be an X-factor for Japan’s World Athletics Championships relay hopes.
A building that collapsed after the Noto Peninsula earthquakes in January 2024. The government plans to support residents of areas at high risk of fire who buy earthquake-sensitive breakers to prevent blazes caused by short circuits, sources say.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 28, 2025
Japan to fund purchase of quake-sensitive breakers
The financial support is in view of a large-scale fire in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, after a massive quake hit the region's Noto Peninsula in January 2024.
Canadian-born Jesse Cunningham came to Japan to teach in the JET Programme, and later found opportunities to learn traditional blacksmithing in Kochi Prefecture.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Aug 4, 2025
The international artists supporting Japan’s craft legacy
From Kochi to Kamakura, non-Japanese craftspeople are training with local artisans and carving out a niche for themselves.
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2025
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
As rural towns in Japan decline, Yukio Iokibe’s documentary offers a hopeful reminder that democracy endures through advocacy, persistence and human connection.
48.0% of respondents living in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture said there was a gap between those who could access information after the January 2024 quake and those who could not, a survey has shown.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2025
Nearly half in quake-hit Noto area felt digital divide
A survey found that some people described a gap between those who could access information and those who could not after the January 2024 disaster.
The Asaichi-dori morning market street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, was devastated by a fire following an earthquake on New Year's Day in 2024.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2025
Noto quake-hit area sees biggest roadside land price drop
The roadside land price for a plot in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, plunged 16.7%, a stark contrast to a 4.5% decline in the previous year.
Naoyuki Teramoto talks about the family members he lost to the Noto Peninsula earthquake as he points to their pictures at his home in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 1, 2025
Man who lost 10 family members to Noto quake vows to keep telling his story
Naoyuki Teramoto, 54, avoided talking about his loved ones for the first year but has since begun working as a storyteller and volunteer in the quake-hit areas.
The plot of land in front of the Kyukyodo stationery shop in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district marked the nation's highest per-square-meter roadside land price for the 40th consecutive year.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2025
Japan's roadside land prices rise for fourth year in a row
The plot of land in front of the Kyukyodo stationery shop in Tokyo's Ginza district had the highest per-square-meter roadside land price in the country for the 40th year in a row.
Takuya Nakagawa, a physical therapist at Anamizu General Hospital, checks on residents in a temporary housing unit in Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 20.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2025
Noto’s elderly residents face higher medical costs after 2024 quake
The trend has raised questions about how an effective support system can be set up for residents, whose prolonged displacement is also wearing them down mentally.
People push a cart to receive water to distribute to neighbors in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2024, after a massive earthquake hit the area.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 28, 2025
Megaquake may hit central Japan within next 30 years, government panel says
There is a 16% to 18% chance of a large temblor hitting the Kinki western region and Hokuriku central region, according to a government panel.
Members of a group working for the reconstruction of the Machinomachi district of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, attend training for the opening of a temporary disaster broadcasting station, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 4, 2025
Quake-hit residents eyeing reconstruction through power of radio
A group of people, mainly residents of Wajima's Machinomachi district, are preparing to open a full scale emergency broadcasting FM radio station in mid-June.
A resident in Uchinada, Ishikawa Prefecture, points to a boundary of his property with his neighbor which shifted due to liquefaction following the massive earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula in January 2024.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2025
Noto quake liquefaction hampers land boundary redrawing
Liquefaction during the Noto quake caused a lateral flow of up to 3 meters along a prefectural road running north to south through Uchinada and Kahoku.
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
SUMO / Basho reports
May 25, 2025
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
The title marks the second in a row for the Nishonoseki stable wrestler and the fourth overall, completing his meteoric rise to the top of the sport.
A vacant house in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which collapsed following the January 2024 earthquake, is left untouched on May 12 as its owner cannot be identified. The car's license plate has been blurred for privacy reasons.
JAPAN
May 19, 2025
Noto municipalities struggle with quake-damaged vacant houses
There are at least 47 damaged houses whose owners are unclear in Wajima, and at least 35 in the city of Nanao.
Princess Aiko is greeted by Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (left) at the Kanazawa Station on Sunday.
JAPAN
May 18, 2025
Princess Aiko arrives in Ishikawa to visit quake-hit areas
It will be the first time the 23-year-old princess has visited an area hit by a disaster.
Princess Aiko delivers an address at the opening ceremony of the 23rd meeting of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Tokyo on May 3.
JAPAN
May 13, 2025
Princess Aiko to visit the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula from Sunday
It will be the first visit to disaster-hit areas by the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
Students from a junior high school in Tokyo's Meguro Ward experience rice planting on Thursday in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
May 9, 2025
Noto region welcomes first school trip since massive quake
Officials said they hoped the students can learn by closely observing the reconstruction process.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
After plenty of ups and downs, Osaka Expo concludes with message of unity
The sun sets on the Grand Ring on the final day of the Osaka Expo on Monday.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.

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