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
We owe thanks to the citizens of the Noto Peninsula's Suzu City in Ishikawa Prefecture. For 28 years they opposed the construction of two nuclear plants right there where the recent earthquake was most intense.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/02/japan/noto-peninsula-quake-damage/
A Japanese Greenpeace page mentions the two nuclear plants, ShiroMaru and Togi that were opposed in Suzu city. Two of 50: it's good we have fewer chances for another Fukushima-like catastrophe.
https://www.greenpeace.org/japan/campaigns/story/2023/08/08/59816/#heading1
#SuzuCity #NotoPeninsula #IshikawaKen
#Earthquake strongest recorded in #Noto region
The 7.6 earthquake that hit #Japan is the strongest recorded in the #NotoPeninsula region in #Ishikawa prefecture since 1885 when data became available.
