A city hit hard by a powerful earthquake that jolted central Japan on New Year's Day had a higher rate of old houses than other municipalities, a Kyodo News survey shows, signaling their potential vulnerability in the quake-prone country.
More than 14,000 people remain evacuated one month after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, as local governments rush to prepare temporary housing while logistics continued to be disrupted.
All elementary and junior high schools in the central Japan areas hit hardest by a powerful quake three weeks ago were back operating on Monday, in a sign some aspects of life in the badly damaged area are returning to normal.
Rescuers brave snow and rain as they continue to search for hundreds of people who remain missing following a magnitude-7.6 quake that hit the Noto Peninsula in central Japan on New Year's Day, leaving over 160 dead.
Search and rescue operations continue in Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan after it was rocked by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising to 78 and many still unaccounted for as of Thursday..