Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress will return to the disaster-stricken areas of the Noto Peninsula on the 12th to Anamizu Town and Noto Town. This will be his first visit to the noto Peninsula earthquake-affected areas since he visited people affected by the earthquake in Wajima and Suzu cities on the 22nd of last month, but will be postponed to the 13th in case of bad weather.
In Anamizu Town, 20 people died and more than 6,000 buildings were damaged. In Noto town, eight people died, including those suspected of being related to the quake.