Japan's Wajima craftmakers see hope in disaster-hit ... Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP To go with "JAPAN-EARTHQUAKE-CULTURE-CRAFTS, REPORTAGE" by Hiroshi HIYAMA) One brushstroke at a time, the 53-year ...

Mudslides destroyed buildings in a residential area in the Sosogi district of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture ... (except for some areas),” said Hiroshi Takebayashi, an associate professor of ...

The fire in Wajima engulfed as many as 200 structures ... Tuesday by rescue calls and reports of damage. Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase wrote on social media that roads had been cut in widespread ...

Hiroshi Hase said, "In past disasters ... but the full extent is still unknown, as Wajima, Suzu and other municipalities have only reported that there were "many" damaged buildings.

A shop that has sold Wajima-nuri lacquerware and other homewares for nearly 200 years in a shopping district of Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture that was severely damaged by the Noto Peninsula ...