A local food expert gives the culinary lowdown on the rugged region located a few hours north from Tokyo by bullet train, ...

Ishinomaki - Japan on Monday marked the second anniversary of a ferocious tsunami that claimed nearly 19 000 lives and sparked the worst nuclear accident in a generation. The government will host a ...

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

In a post on social media platform X, a user said “I was surprised” after spotting the Japanese characters for Ishinomaki on the object, which was described as being made out of waste.

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote ...

Watanabe is one of many residents of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, who arrived as a volunteer in 2011 after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and ended up staying. Having studied urban planning at ...

(Rich Soublet II) The play is set in 2016 in Ishinomaki, Japan, a town that lost more than 3,400 people in the tsunami that followed the 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake in 2011. Kisa, a directionless ...

Night - Cloudy. Winds from NNW to NW at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 50 °F (10 °C). Winds variable. Partly cloudy today ...

The northeastern coast was still reeling from the destruction wrought by a jumbo 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11, with tens of thousands of households without power or water. The April 7 ...

About 1,300 people participated in the Tour de Tohoku 2024 on Sunday, cycling through coastal areas in northeastern Japan, including the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, that were hit by the ...

Image courtesy of Mighty Earth. Ishinomaki Hibarino Biomass Power Project in Japan. Image courtesy of Mighty Earth. Japan’s wood pellet supply chains have been shaken by the world’s largest ...