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Recovery of the Noto Peninsula after the 2024 earthquake

The magnitude 7.6 earthquake of 1 January 2024 and subsequent heavy rain destroyed or damaged more than 165,000 homes, about 70 percent of them in Ishikawa Prefecture. Rising material costs and labour shortages are slowing reconstruction.

According to Jiji Press, by the end of 2025 228 people had died directly and 470 from indirect causes, including health deterioration during evacuation. In July 2026 more than 17,000 people were living in temporary housing in Ishikawa Prefecture, and the population of four Oku-Noto municipalities had fallen by more than 13 percent. Construction of public housing has only just begun. NGOs run community spaces and health support for residents of temporary housing in Suzu, Wajima and Noto.

Numbers with sources

Needs

• shelter
• health
• livelihoods

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (2). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV)
  A Tokyo-based Japanese volunteer organisation supporting disaster relief. On the Noto Peninsula it provides long-term support in Wajima, including a community space for…
• Peace Winds Japan (PWJ)
  A Japanese humanitarian organisation founded in 1996 that provides disaster relief in Japan and abroad and runs the ARROWS search and medical team. Since 2024 it has run…
  Donate on the organisation's website (global.peace-winds.org)

Sources

• asianews.it asianews.it/news-en/Airport-Noto-renamed-Pok%C3%A9mon,-but-reconstruction-languishes-6580…
• english.adnkronos.com english.adnkronos.com/2025/12/31/18000-still-in-temporary-housing-2-years-after-noto-quak…
• globalgiving.org globalgiving.org/pfil/62852/Japan_Platform_Noto_Resonse_Update_December.2025.pdf
• peacewindsamerica.org peacewindsamerica.org/japan-noto-earthquake-2-years/

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