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RECAP: Over 50 Injured After Strong M7.5 Quake Strikes Northern Japan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Aomori late Monday, December 8, triggering tsunami warnings across Hokkaido and Tohoku before being lifted early Tuesday. Over 50 injuries and power outages were reported. Authorities warn of a heightened risk of another major quake in the coming week.

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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 6

A powerful Magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture around 11:15 p.m. on Monday, December 8, injuring dozens of people and leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. A 70 cm tsunami was observed at Kuji Port in Iwate Prefecture around 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, and all warnings were subsequently lifted.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Opening Ceremony

Japanese men's track-and-field athlete Maki Yamada (L) and women's taekwondo athlete Moe Hoshino (C) jointly make a pledge for fair play in sign language during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Deaflympics at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Nov. 15, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Opening Ceremony

Japanese men's track-and-field athlete Maki Yamada (L) and women's taekwondo athlete Moe Hoshino jointly make a pledge for fair play in sign language during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Deaflympics at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Nov. 15, 2025.

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Tokyo Deaflympics: Opening Ceremony

Japanese men's track-and-field athlete Maki Yamada (L) and women's taekwondo athlete Moe Hoshino jointly make a pledge for fair play in sign language during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Deaflympics at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital on Nov. 15, 2025.

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category.

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2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 23 Kyodo - Japanese actress Yui Aragaki and singer and actor Gen Hoshino attend the 2017 Tokyo Drama Award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2017, at which the TBS series "The Full-Time Wife Escapist," starring the two, received the Grand Prix in the drama series category. (Kyodo)

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2025, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures, which can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings, such as beds and tables, are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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[Breaking News] Northern Japan hotel made of ice

SHIMUKAPPU, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 19, 2024, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. (Kyodo)

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Nissan Motor Skyline NISMO presentation

Presentation of Nissan Motor's Skyline NISMO. Photo shows the Skyline NISMO and, from left, Takao Katagiri, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, and Satoshi Hasegawa.=Date:August 8, 2023,Place:Kanagawa pref.

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Nissan Motor Skyline NISMO presentation

Presentation of Nissan Motor's Skyline NISMO. Photo shows, from right to left, Satoshi Hasegawa and Kazuyoshi Hoshino at the talk show.=Date:August 8, 2023,Place:Kanagawa pref.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Northern Japan hotel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperatures that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a dome-shaped hotel where the ceiling, walls, and furnishings such as beds and tables are all made of ice. Guests of the hotel, unveiled to the media a day before its public opening at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, can spend the night in sleeping bags inside the dome that is 3.5 meters high and 8.5 meters wide.

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Northern Japan chapel made of ice

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2023, in Shimukappu, a village in northern Japan known for its cold temperature that can fall as low as 30 C below zero, shows the inside of a chapel where the ceiling, walls, altar and cross are all made of ice. The chapel was unveiled to the media, together with a dome-shaped hotel also made of ice at Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU, a day before its public opening.

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Japan's Hoshino practices on moguls course in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese freestyle skier Junko Hoshino takes part in her first practice session on the moguls course of the Sochi Olympics in Russia on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Dried persimmon making at peak in Fukushima

KUNIMI, Japan - Farmer Hiroshi Hoshino hangs "kaki" Japanese persimmons to make half-dried "anpogaki" fruit in Kunimi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 22, 2014. Production of the fruit was voluntarily restrained until last year in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Rakuten appoints Okubo as new Eagles manager

SENDAI, Japan - Hiromoto Okubo, who was appointed as the new Rakuten Eagles manager, attends a press conference in the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai on Oct. 14, 2014. The 47-year-old Okubo, who had served as farm team manager, succeeds Senichi Hoshino, who last month announced that he will resign at the end of this season.

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Rakuten skipper Hoshino bids farewell to fans

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino acknowledges the cheering of the fans at Sendai's Kobo Stadium Miyagi, northeastern Japan, after the final game of the season on Oct. 7, 2014. Hoshino announced in September he would resign at the end of the season.

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Hoshino exchanges starting lineup in final game

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino and Orix Buffaloes manager Hiroshi Moriwaki (front) exchange the starting lineups for their final game of the season at Sendai's Kobo Stadium Miyagi on Oct. 7, 2014, Hoshino's final game as a team manager.

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Skipper Hoshino to quit Eagles at end of season

SENDAI, Japan - Senichi Hoshino (L) speaks about his resignation as manager of Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles at a news conference at the club's office in Sendai, northern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2014, with Hiroshi Mikitani, owner of the team, listening by his side. Hoshino, who managed the Eagles to the franchise's first Japan Series title the previous season, said he will resign at the end of the season due to the team's poor results.

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Skipper Hoshino to quit Eagles at end of season

SENDAI, Japan - Senichi Hoshino, who managed Pacific League baseball club Rakuten Eagles to the franchise's first Japan Series title the previous season, speaks about his resignation at a news conference at the club's office in Sendai, northern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2014. Hoshino said he will resign at the end of the season due to the team's poor results.

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Environment Min. official speaks about Akan National Park

KUSHIRO, Japan - Kazuaki Hoshino, head of the Nature Conservation Bureau at the Environment Ministry, speaks about the attractiveness of Akan National Park in Hokkaido at a lecture meeting in Kushiro on May 26, 2014.

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Japan's Hoshino in Olympic moguls qualifications

SOCHI, Russia - Junko Hoshino of Japan (L) is encouraged by her coach in the women's moguls second qualifying round of the Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014. Hoshino failed to advance to the final round.

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Japan's Hoshino in Olympic moguls qualifications

SOCHI, Russia - Junko Hoshino of Japan competes during the second qualifying round in the women's moguls at the Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 8, 2014.

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Hoshino in Olympic moguls qualifications

SOCHI, Russia - Junko Hoshino of Japan competes during the first qualifying round in the women's moguls of the Sochi Olympic Games at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Russia on Feb. 6, 2014.

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Hoshino in Olympic moguls qualifications

SOCHI, Russia - Junko Hoshino of Japan takes to the air during the first qualifying round in the women's moguls of the Sochi Olympic Games at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Russia on Feb. 6, 2014.

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Hoshino in World Cup moguls

VAL SAINT-COME, Canada - Japan's Junko Hoshino competes in a women's World Cup moguls event at Val St. Come, Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 19, 2014. She came third in the event for her first career podium finish on the circuit, clearing the Ski Association of Japan's basic standard for participation at next month's Sochi Olympic Games.

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Hoshino on 1st podium at World Cup moguls

VAL SAINT-COME, Canada - Junko Hoshino (R) stands on the podium after coming third in a women's World Cup moguls meet in Val St. Come, Quebec, Canada, on Jan. 19, 2014. Chloe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada made a 1-2 finish on home snow.

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Celebration for Eagles' 1st baseball title

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a ring with a star ruby surrounded by diamonds with a price tag of 10.01 million yen on Nov. 4, 2013, displayed as an eye-catcher item at department store Fujisaki Co.'s Sendai flagship in Miyagi Prefecture, where sales were held to celebrate the Sendai-based Rakuten Eagles' clinching of their first Japan Series championship in professional baseball the previous day. The number "1,001" in the price tag can be read in the same way as the first name of Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino.

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Eagles win Japan Series

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino in the air after beating the Yomiuri Giants 3-0 in Game 7 of the Japan Series at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2013. The Eagles won the Japan Series for the first time

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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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Rakuten clinches 1st PL pennant title

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after the Eagles beat the Seibu Lions 4-3 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2013, to clinch their first ever Pacific League title.

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Rakuten clinches 1st PL pennant title

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) celebrates with teammates while manager Senichi Hoshino is tossed into the air after the Eagles beat the Seibu Lions 4-3 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2013, to clinch their first ever Pacific League title.

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Rakuten clinches 1st PL pennant title

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after the Eagles beat the Seibu Lions 4-3 at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2013, to clinch their first ever Pacific League title.

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Mizayaki film at Venice festival

VENICE, Italy - Studio Ghibli President Koji Hoshino (R) and Japanese actress Miori Takimoto stand up to receive an ovation after the screening of "Kaze Tachinu" (The Wind Rises) at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 1, 2013. Hoshino said earlier in the day that the animation film's director Hayao Miyazaki has decided to retire. Takimoto was the voice of the heroine in the movie.

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Ex major league pitcher Irabu found dead

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows pitcher Hideki Irabu (L) shaking hands with Senichi Hoshino, manager of Hanshin Tigers, during a press conference held in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan in December 2002, to announce that Irabu was joining the team. Police said on July 28, 2011, that the former major leaguer and Japanese professional baseball player was found dead at his home in the suburbs of Los Angeles the previous day.

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Baseball spring training

KUMEJIMA, Japan - Members of Rakuten Eagles including manager Senichi Hoshino (C, front) pose for photos in the town of Kumejima on Kume Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb.1, 2011, the opening day of their spring training.

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Rakuten's No. 1 pick Shiomi

HACHINOHE, Japan - Takahiro Shiomi (C), a baseball pitcher of Hachinohe University, poses in Aomori Prefecture on Oct. 28, 2010, surrounded by images of Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino after being drafted by the professional club in the first round.

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Hoshino becomes Rakuten manager

SENDAI, Japan - New Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino speaks in a press conference in Sendai as he was named to lead the professional baseball team on Oct. 27, 2010.

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Hoshino becomes Rakuten manager

SENDAI, Japan - New Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino speaks in a press conference in Sendai as he was named to lead the professional baseball team on Oct. 27, 2010.

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Hoshino parts with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers senior director Senichi Hoshino announces he is leaving the baseball club during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2010, to begin negotiating with the Rakuten Eagles to become their new manager.

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Hoshino parts with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers senior director Senichi Hoshino announces he is leaving the baseball club during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2010, to begin negotiating with the Rakuten Eagles to become their new manager.

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Court dismisses damages claim over 1945 Tokyo air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Hoshino, the representative of 131 plaintiffs who filed a damage suit against the state over the 1945 U.S. air raids on Tokyo, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2009, after the Tokyo District Court dismissed the suit, saying almost all people suffered in World War II.

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Hoshino a strong candidate for WBC: Nomura

SENDAI, Japan - This undated photo shows Senichi Hoshino, who managed the national team at the Beijing Olympics in August 2008. Rakuten Eagles manager Katsuya Nomura revealed Oct. 17 that Hoshino is a strong candidate to take the helm for Japan in next year's World Baseball Classic.

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U.S. wins bronze as Japan shut out of baseball medal

BEIJING, China - Japanese manager Senichi Hoshino (2nd from R) walks out of the dugout after the United States defeated Japan 8-4 to capture the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympic baseball tournament Aug. 23.