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Princess Aiko visits quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko (L) visits a temporary shop in a local shopping center on May 19, 2025, in Shika, an Ishikawa Prefecture town severely hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko (L) visits a local shopping center on May 19, 2025, in Shika, an Ishikawa Prefecture town severely hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko (R) visits a community support center on May 19, 2025, in Shika, an Ishikawa Prefecture town severely hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko (L) visits a local shopping center on May 19, 2025, in Shika, an Ishikawa Prefecture town severely hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

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Shika nuclear power plant after central Japan quake

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 28, 2024, shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan, Jan. 27 Kyodo - Volunteer are dispatched to the city of Nanao and the towns of Shika and Anamizu, all heavily affected by a powerful earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, to engage in volunteering activities such as removing debris and waste on Jan. 27, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Ishikawa Gov. Hiroshi Hase (L) speaks to volunteers during a ceremony at Kanazawa's prefectural government office in central Japan on Jan. 27, 2024, before they are dispatched to the city of Nanao and the towns of Shika and Anamizu, all heavily affected by a powerful earthquake that struck on New Year's Day, to engage in volunteering activities such as removing debris and waste.

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Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture

File photo taken on December, 2023, shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture

File photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 7, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a deadly New Year's Day earthquake that struck the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 7, 2024, shows a collapsed wall in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, following a deadly New Year's Day earthquake that struck the central Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Blue tarpaulins are given out in Shika, in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, on Jan. 3, 2024, for people affected by a strong earthquake that jolted a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Blue tarpaulins are given out in Shika, in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, on Jan. 3, 2024, for people affected by a strong earthquake that jolted a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People receive water in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Jan. 3, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People wait in line to get water in Shika, in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, on Jan. 3, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast on Jan. 1.

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CORRECTED: Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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CORRECTED: Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows packs of drinking water for quake-affected people at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and more damage reports coming in. In its latest update, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Noto Peninsula at 5:13 p.m. local time on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km, measuring upper 5. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer pours water into a bucket for bathroom use at a primary school which serves as a temporary shelter for quake-affected people in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and more damage reports coming in. In its latest update, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Noto Peninsula at 5:13 p.m. local time on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km, measuring upper 5. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter works at a primary school which serves as a temporary shelter for quake-affected people in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, with aftershocks and more damage reports coming in. In its latest update, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said a 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Noto Peninsula at 5:13 p.m. local time on Tuesday at a depth of 10 km, measuring upper 5. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People take refuge at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-PRIMARY SCHOOL-REFUGE

(240102) -- ISHIKAWA, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a board registering the number of refugees at a primary school in Shika, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has risen to 48 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 3:30 p.m. local time after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, national broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu, it added. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People form a line to get water in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Jan. 2, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

People clear fallen roof tiles in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Jan. 2, 2024, following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A man clears fallen roof tiles in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Jan. 2, 2024, following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized fishing boats off Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows capsized fishing boats off Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Shika in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Hokuriku Elec. explains plant safety measures

KANAZAWA, Japan - Hokuriku Electric Power Co. gives a briefing on its safety measures for the Shika nuclear power plant at the prefecture's atomic power environment safety management council's meeting in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Hokuriku Elec. submits documents for reactor safety reviews

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yutaka Kanai, vice president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., gives a press conference in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2014, after submitting documents to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for safety reviews of the No. 2 reactor of its Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in the prefecture. He said meeting new safety standards will mollify anxiety held by local residents.

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Hokuriku Electric to seek resumption of Shika nuclear plant

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in April 2014 shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in Japan's central prefecture of Ishikawa. The operator plans to apply for a safety review by the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Aug. 12, 2014, to resume operation of the plant.

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Prince Hisahito at Nara Park

NARA, Japan - Prince Hisahito, 6, gives a "shika-senbei" rice cracker to deer at Nara Park in Nara City on Nov. 8, 2012, watched by his father Prince Akishino (to the right). (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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2 nuclear plant-hosting municipalities sign disaster pact

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Masaru Koizumi (L), mayor of the town of Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Shigeo Ishihara, mayor of Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, shake hands after signing an agreement at the Omaezaki city hall on Feb. 27, 2012. The municipalities each hosting a nuclear power plant concluded the deal to help each other in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or nuclear accident.

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Cows test negative for foot-and-mouth disease

SHIKA, Japan - Ishikawa prefectural government employees in protective clothing are relieved in Shika in the prefecture as cows at a paddock in the town tested negative for foot-and-mouth disease on Feb. 12, 2011.

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Cows test negative for foot-and-mouth disease

SHIKA, Japan - A ''keep out'' signboard is removed in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, as cows at a paddock in the town tested negative for foot-and-mouth disease on Feb. 12, 2011.

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Cows test negative for foot-and-mouth disease

KOMATSU, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a paddock in Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2011. Fifteen cows kept at the paddock had foot-and-mouth disease-like symptoms but they tested negative the same day.

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Antiterrorism drill at Ishikawa nuke plant

SHIKA, Japan - Police apprehend a mock operative during an antiterrorism drill at Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan on Nov. 26, 2010. The exercise was held on the premise that armed foreign agents had launched a guerrilla attack on the facility.

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Japan nuclear plant manually shut down

TOKYO, Japan - This March 2006 file photo shows the No. 2 reactor of the Shika nuclear plant in the town of Shika in Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The operator, Hokuriku Electric Power Co., said it started to manually shut down the reactor due to the malfunction of two emergency power generators Nov. 13, 2009.

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M6.9 quake jolts central Japan, 1 dead, more than 130 injured

SHIKA, Japan - Cracks are seen in a parking lot in the town of Shika, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 25 after a strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 rocked the Hokuriku region in central Japan on March 25. One person was killed and more than 130 injured by the 9:42 a.m. quake.

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Regulator says fault below central Japan reactor may be active

File photo taken March 2016 shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear plant in central Japan. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said April 27 it has accepted the conclusion by geological experts that a fault below a reactor at the plant may be active, a decision that could lead to the scrapping of the unit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear Regulator says fault below central Japan reactor active

The Nuclear Regulation Authority holds a meeting in Tokyo on April 27, 2016, to discuss a conclusion by geological experts that a fault below a reactor at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear plant in central Japan may be active. The nuclear safety body approved the conclusion in a decision that could lead to scrapping of the unit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear Regulator says fault below central Japan reactor active

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, attends a meeting of the watchdog in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. The nuclear safety body approved in the meeting a conclusion by geological experts that a fault below a reactor at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear plant in central Japan may be active, a decision that could lead to scrapping of the unit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fault under Shika plant's reactor may be active

Hokuriku Electric Power Co. Executive Vice President Akizumi Nishino meets with reporters in Tokyo on March 3, 2016, after an expert panel under the Nuclear Regulation Authority determined it is likely that an active fault lies underneath the reactor building of the No. 1 unit of the utility's Shika plant on the Sea of Japan coast. Nishino said he does not accept the finding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo