She’s a survivor of the deadly 7.5 magnitude quake that struck Japan on Monday, which devastated the formerly idyllic seaside city of Wajima, in hard-hit Ishikawa Prefecture.

Chef Makoto Wakabayashi was among those in Wajima hoping for a banner year as visitors returned after years of pandemic gloom. That changed on New Year's Day, with the scenic, seaside town facing ...

In Wajima, search-and-rescue crews went door to door to check damaged houses for survivors or bodies. Janis Mackey Frayer More than 10,000 people in Wajima alone are living in evacuation centers.

The 168 confirmed deaths included 70 people in Wajima, 70 in Suzu, 18 in Anamizu and the rest were spread among four other towns. Another 565 people were injured, and 1,390 homes were destroyed or ...

Wajima, a picturesque tourist town in Japan, is facing significant devastation following the country's strongest earthquake in 13 years. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake, which struck on New Year's ...

She realizes some in Wajima have given up and are leaving. She is staying and will bring Wajima back, she said. Minamidani recorded a video of the damage from her car and posted it to YouTube ...

WAJIMA, Japan — Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box. One brushstroke ...

The earthquake on New Year’s Day last year was Japan’s deadliest in more than a decade, claiming nearly 470 lives. About half of the victims were killed in the disaster itself, which brought tsunami ...

The next name from Wajima Junior High School's graduating class echoed throughout the Ishikawa Prefecture gymnasium on March 14, but Hanon Kiso did not appear.

Yoshie Minamidani’s heart leapt when she saw the stray tabby cat, a mainstay of the famous Asaichi Dori shopping street in Wajima city on the western coast of Japan. Like the cat, she is a ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box.