This is the first reactor barred in Japan under stricter safety protocols adopted after the Fukushima disaster.

By prefecture, Ishikawa was hit the hardest with ... In the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the estimated damage to fixed assets totaled 16.9 trillion yen. The figure was 9.9 trillion yen ...

UCHINADA, Ishikawa Prefecture--Homes across the Noto ... for residents to continue living there and to avoid damage from another earthquake,” he said. “It takes a long time because ...

On January 1, a magnitude-7.5 quake hit Noto Peninsula of central Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture. The deadliest earthquake in Japan since the 2011 Tohoku earthquake caused a total of 401 deaths ...

Wajima Port in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, is once again fully operational more than 10 months after a devastating earthquake. More than 30 ships were seen on Friday offloading the season ...

Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...

“We are beginning to assess the damage in order to begin recovery. The first and most important thing is to save lives,” he said. People in affected provinces have said the earthquake was one ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A pair of strong earthquakes has struck off the southern coast of Cuba, inflicting damage and causing landslides. The first 5.9-magnitude temblor struck at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --A pair of strong earthquakes has struck off the southern coast of Cuba, inflicting damage and causing landslides. The first 5.9-magnitude temblor struck at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday ...

Back-to-back earthquakes hit southeastern Cuba on Sunday, damaging houses, buildings and power lines as well as causing landslides, the goverment said. The United States Geological Survey reported ...