Manga artist Ryo Tatsuki wrote in her 2021 work ‘The Future I Saw’ about a crack forming beneath the sea between Japan and ...

TOKYO: The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done to prepare for a possible "megaquake" to reduce the ...

Go Nagai, the creator of manga series such as “Mazinger Z” and “Devilman,” donated artwork to his hometown of Wajima City, ...

The average price of land in Japan has gone up for the fourth straight year. The year-on-year increase was the largest since ...

Thousands of people were displaced following an earthquake in Ishikawa province in Japan in January 2024. The epicenter was on the Noto Peninsula, an area known for its traditional lacquerware crafts.

At least 10 people living in temporary housing built in Ishikawa Prefecture after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in January ...

On January 1, 2024, the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake. More than 400 died and thousands of buildings were destroyed, including the studios and ...

On January 1, 2024, the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture was hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake.

The interior of a damaged house in Wajima city, Ishikawa prefecture, after the major earthquake on New Year’s Day 2024. PHOTO: AFP The quake ripped up roads and triggered landslides, making it ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box. One brushstroke at a time, the ...

Debris is piled near damaged houses along a river running through Wajima, Japan following heavy rain in central Japan's Noto peninsula area, where a devastating earthquake took place on Jan. 1.