Fishing operations are finally back to normal, well almost, at the port of Wajima in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, following the magnitue-7.6 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1. Thirty ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

WAJIMA, Ishikawa Prefecture—Natsuki Kadoki has stuck with her fishing trade as an “ama” skin diver despite years of decreasing resources, pay and colleagues. But now, an extraordinary new obstacle has ...

Wajima, Ishikawa Pref. – Before dawn, the city of Wajima on the Noto Peninsula is quiet beneath winter’s gray cloak. Fishermen dock their boats at the port and haul out their catches while farmers dig ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Yoshie Minamidani’s heart leapt ...