A woman’s body was found in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 25, raising the death toll to nine from destruction caused by record torrential rain over the weekend on the Noto Peninsula.

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, applying another layer ... This year brought death and suffering to the city and its ...

KANAZAWA--The death toll from the New Year’s Day earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture stood at 65 as of 3 p.m. on Jan. 3, prefectural officials said. The magnitude-7.6 earthquake in the Noto ...