Princess Aiko will visit the city of Nanao and the town of Shika in Ishikawa Prefecture in mid-May to see how efforts to recover from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake have progressed there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/02/japan/princess-aiko-to-visit-noto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialfamily #princessaiko #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake
Japan's parliament has enacted a bill to facilitate restoring ports damaged by natural disasters so they can be used as transportation bases for relief supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/ishikawa-earthquake-ports/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #ports #disasterpreparedness
More than 70% of disaster evacuees on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture are worried about their future housing, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/japan/society/noto-evacuees-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #realestate #earthquakes
Japan has passed a bill that centers around advancing disaster prevention efforts that take into consideration the unique geographic features of peninsulas in the wake of last year's Noto Peninsula earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/politics/bill-peninsula-disaster-prevention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #lowerhouse #notopeninsula #disasterpreparedness #earthquakes
The government has decided to spend an additional ¥106.8 billion ($710 million) from its fiscal 2024 budget reserve funds on relief for areas hit by 2024's New Year's Day earthquake in the Noto Peninsula. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/28/japan/politics/government-extra-aid-noto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #cabinet #notopeninsula #ishikawa #earthquakes
Japan plans to establish a system allowing the central government to promptly repair locally managed airports damaged by disasters, in place of local governments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/japan/disaster-airports-repair/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airports #disasterpreparedness #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #ishikawa
Japan's infrastructure ministry will launch a subsidy project in fiscal 2025 to support implementing measures to prevent emergency transport roads from collapsing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/japan/emergency-roads-collapse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #notopeninsula #disasterpreparedness
A nonprofit animal care center is continuing to provide shelter for the pets of evacuees from the massive Noto Peninsula earthquake that struck over a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/10/japan/noto-quake-pets-shelter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #gifu #ishikawa #pets #animals #earthquakes #notopeninsula
A leading researcher in disaster preparedness who experienced the powerful earthquake that hit western Japan 30 years ago has called for discussions on post-earthquake management problems that remain unresolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/21/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-expert-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #kobeuniversity #earthquakes #yoshiterumurosaki #nankaitrough #notopeninsula
Kobe University Professor Emeritus Yoshiteru Murosaki, an expert in disaster management, argues that volunteers are essential from the very moment a disaster strikes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/07/japan/society/earthquakes-volunteer-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #ishikawa #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #volunteers
Japan's Forestry Agency is urging local governments to use aircraft-mounted lasers for 3D forest surveys to gather terrain data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/06/japan/laser-forest-terrain-surveys/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #forests #localgovernment #notopeninsula #ishikawa #surveys #disasterpreparedness #earthquakes #lasers
People renewed their commitment to revive the Noto Peninsula as they offered prayers to the victims of a massive earthquake that rocked the central Japan region exactly a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/02/japan/victims-mourn-noto-peninsula-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #earthquakes #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake
Japan on Wednesday marked the first anniversary of the massive earthquake that rocked Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula, leaving more than 500 people dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/01/japan/society/noto-quake-one-year-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #floods
A year after a massive earthquake, many people on Japan's Noto Peninsula continue to grapple with the harsh realities of reconstruction. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/01/japan/society/noto-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #notopeninsula #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #floods
Residents in the Noto Peninsula are welcoming the new year with a series of events, such as a karaoke competition and the pounding of rice cakes, a year after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/31/japan/society/noto-new-year-preparations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ishikawaearthquake #ishikawa #earthquakes #notopeninsula
Almost a year after the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day this year claimed nearly 470 lives, Ishikawa Prefecture still quivers with aftershocks, stoking fears of another huge jolt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/30/japan/temporary-homes-ishikawa-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #earthquakes
A year on from disaster, Wajima’s historic morning market is being reimagined by the community, with women vendors leading the charge, in a powerful story of resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/30/japan/society/noto-morning-market-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ishikawaprefecture #ishiakawaearthquake #notopeninsula #earthquakes #ishikawa
Keisuke Oma lost his wife and three children on Jan. 1 after a massive earthquake rocked the Noto Peninsula. This is the story of his push to persevere in a world without them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/28/japan/ishikawa-man-family-loss-persevere/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #children
About 15% of older evacuees from care homes and hospitals in Ishikawa Prefecture after the Noto earthquake to two other prefectures have died, with the stress of travel and altered living conditions seen as factors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/27/japan/noto-quake-elderly-evacuees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawaearthquake #ishikawa #notopeninsula #elderly #earthquakes #health
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan's Noto Peninsula nearly a year ago has led to moves to help spread disaster-related information to foreign nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/26/japan/noto-disaster-info-foreigners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #interpretation #tourism #apps #socialmedia
