The Noto Peninsula earthquake has hammered foreign technical interns in Ishikawa Prefecture, and concerns are rising about their futures in Japan and the survival of their understaffed employers in the region.
Several residents in Ishikawa Prefecture spent their first night of 2024 battling frigid temperatures and waking up desperate for information and supplies.
SUZU, Ishikawa Prefecture A 69-year-old woman stood in front of her quake-damaged wooden house in Suzu and stared down the road, waiting for rescue workers to return.
SUZU, Ishikawa Prefecture Less than 5 percent of residents here took shelter at evacuation centers despite landslide warnings following the powerful earthquake that rocked the region.