On the Sea of Japan coast's Noto Peninsula, home to Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika Nuclear Power Station, a powerful New Year's Day earthquake caused houses to collapse and disrupted roads ...

UCHINADA, Ishikawa Prefecture--Homes across the Noto Peninsula and beyond were damaged by the powerful earthquake on New Year’s Day not only ... that faces the Sea of Japan, was heavily impacted.

NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture--Prior to evacuating to Japan, professional basketball ... for the team that had suffered through the New Year's Day disaster. The Samuraiz played in their home ...

Japan will designate Buddhist Manpuku ... It was hit by two earthquakes, first in 2007, and on New Year's Day this year. Despite this, the temple has preserved its appearance of more than 100 ...

Tokyo, Oct. 18 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government panel proposed Friday that Manpukuji Temple in the western city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture ... Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1 this year.

and held positions at Sotheby’s in Japan and London. ACK runs from October 31 through November 3 at the Kyoto International Conference Center, with October 31 as its VIP preview day. One of the ...

Ishiba Shigeru is elected as Japan’s new prime minister after winning the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election in September. Later the same day ... A 49-year-old man is arrested ...

After being shut as an earthquake risk in 2014, the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui, in the North Island of New Zealand ... of Kyoto’s Gion Kobu district, one of the last places in Japan where ...

JR Central's financial health is sound. Credit metrics deteriorated sharply during the pandemic but are improving as earnings recover and because of a very conservative dividend payout ratio. Net debt ...

Japan is a must-see destination for science and nature lovers. On this 12-day journey, take in the bustling cities of Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto and Kagoshima. Travel from a buzzing metropolis to snow ...

JR West owns and is responsible for the maintenance of a large railway network comprising nearly 5,000 kilometers of track. About 60% of the firm's planned capital expenditure for the next few years ...

Due to typhoons in August and September this year ... to Kyoto. “I can’t wait any longer because it will affect my work.” The Japan News A 39-year-old man from Shijonawate, Osaka Prefecture, was on ...