In the face of rural decline, Yukio Iokibe’s documentary is a quiet tribute to how democracy endures — through personal conviction and human connection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/20/film/noto-democracy-documentary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #documentary #yukioiokibe #ishikawa #earthquakes #notopeninsula #depopulation
Four Noto Peninsula assemblies sent a joint letter of protest to LDP lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho demanding his resignation for saying "it was lucky that the earthquake occurred in Noto." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/ldp-lawmaker-noto-protest-letter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #gaffes #ldp #wakayama
Nearly half of respondents living in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture believe that a digital divide was evident right after the January 2024 disaster, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/noto-digital-divide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawa #surveys #earthquakes #internet #disasterpreparedness
Ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho came under fire over his verbal gaffe about a powerful earthquake that struck Noto Peninsula last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/lawmaker-apologizes-over-gaffe-on-noto-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #gaffes
The Asaichi-dori morning market street in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, registered the largest year-on-year drop among the 2025 highest roadside land prices surveyed by tax offices across the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/noto-roadside-land-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #earthquakes #realestate #economicindicators #notopeninsula
A nursing home worker who lost 10 members of his family in the New Year’s Day earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula last year is now sharing his story in hopes the tragedy is not forgotten. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/society/noto-earthquake-survivor-story/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula
Elderly residents in the Noto Peninsula affected by the New Year’s Day earthquake last year are seeing their medical expenses rise to as much as 1.3 times of what they cost before the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/japan-noto-quake-elderly-medical-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #elderly #health