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

Many have noted inconsistencies in assessments and discrepancies between the results and the actual situations.

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 ...

According to six municipalities in Ishikawa Prefecture that were especially hit hard by the 7.6-magnitude quake, 37 pct of houses that underwent building damage assessments received ...

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 ...

Residents of areas struck by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake in central Japan have expressed dissatisfaction over the ...

A US expat living in Japan has told how today's earthquake was the "longest" he'd experienced ... (GMT), a barrage of lower magnitude tremors struck across Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, paving the way ...

marking the occasion alongside husband former Emperor Akihito who reached the milestone last year while keeping in her thoughts the disaster-hit Noto region in Ishikawa Prefecture, the Imperial ...