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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas 4

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas 3

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas 2

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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Japan: Earthquake Strikes Aomori, Tsunami Advisory Issued for Coastal Areas

A strong earthquake struck Aomori and other parts of northern Japan on Friday, December 12. According to the USGS, the magnitude was 6.7. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, the central Pacific coastal areas of Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefecture.

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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: Water Overflows From Fish Tank During Powerful M7.5 Earthquake

A powerful Magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture, northeast Japan 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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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 7

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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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 8

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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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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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 4

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

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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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 3

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. This video shows the damage in Hachinohe city, where water pipes burst, possibly due to the earthquake, flooding the area.

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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued 2

A powerful Magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture around 11:15 p.m. on Monday, December 8, injuring more than 20 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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Japan: M7.5 Quake Hits Off Aomori Prefecture, Tsunami Warning Issued

A powerful Magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore at 11:15 PM in Japan, leading to immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders for residents. Warnings for waves up to 3 meters (10 ft) were issued for the north-eastern coast, specifically the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate. Tsunamis between 20 and 50 cm (7-18 inches) high were subsequently observed at several ports in the region. Furthermore, authorities are cautioning the public that "there is a possibility of even more powerful tremors." They also urged attention be paid to the potential for a larger subsequent earthquake.

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Rising bear sightings in Japan

A white-chested bear runs on a riverbank in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2025, amid rising bear encounters in Japan.

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[Breaking News]Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - A woman grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

A man grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

A woman grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate.

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Rising bear sightings in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2025, shows a bear in central Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amid a surge of bear encounters in residential areas of Japan.

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Rising bear sightings in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, shows a bear in central Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amid a surge of bear encounters in residential areas of Japan.

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Rising bear sightings in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2025, shows a bear in central Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amid a surge of bear encounters in residential areas of Japan.

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Police allowed to shoot bears in Japan

Police officers attend a ceremony held to mark the formation of a bear-hunting team in Takizawa in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, as amended rules take effect permitting police officers to use rifles to kill bears the same day amid a surge in attacks on humans.

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Police allowed to shoot bears in Japan

Police officers leave after the ceremonial formation of a bear-hunting team in Takizawa in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 13, 2025, as amended rules take effect permitting police officers to use rifles to kill bears the same day amid a surge in attacks on humans.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (2nd from R), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota (4th from R) pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to meet Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (C) at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The brothers visited the office to tell the governor that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (L), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The two visited the office to tell Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda (L), co-CEO of Heralbony Co., a Japanese start-up commercializing artwork by people with disabilities, and his elderly brother Shota pose for a photo on June 25, 2025, during their visit to the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture. The two visited the office to tell Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso that the company won the Gold prize in the "Glass: The Lion for Change" category of the Cannes Lions Awards.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

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Japanese startup for art by people with disabilities

Fumito Matsuda, co-CEO of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo with artwork created by the disabled in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. Matsuda established the company to commercialize such works in 2018 with his twin brother Takaya, aiming to support artists with disabilities through business.

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Nippon Startup Awards recipient

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for a photo along with members of Heralbony Co., which sells artworks created by intellectually disabled people, during a Nippon Startup Awards ceremony held at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2022. The Iwate Prefecture-based company received a Jury Award.

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Company selling artworks created by disabled

Takaya Matsuda, president of Heralbony Co., poses for a photo in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Dec. 26, 2019. His company, based in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sells artworks created by intellectually disabled people.

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Forum to discuss words related to "disabled"

Takaya Matsuda, president of Heralbony Co., an Iwate Prefecture-based company selling artworks created by intellectually disabled people, stands beside a bulletin board at the building housing the Japan Federation of Bar Associations in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2020. A forum was held at the building the same day to discuss the appropriateness of words related to "disabled," with the bulletin board posting a message from the event's organizers, advocating for their usage to be reviewed.

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[Breaking News]Bear shows up in urban area

MORIOKA, Japan, Oct. 23 Kyodo - A bear is pictured on a riverbank in the city center of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Bear shows up in urban area

A bear heads to a residential area from a riverbank in the city center of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2025.

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Bear shows up in urban area

A bear is pictured on a riverbank in the city center of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2025.

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Japan: Bear Incidents Spike in Northern Regions Ahead of Hibernation Season

A wild bear was spotted running on the sidewalk in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture on Thursday, October 16. Bear incidents have been increasing in northern Japan. Between April 2025 and March 2026, seven people were killed, marking the highest number of fatalities since records began in 2006. Bears become more active in the autumn before hibernation, so the Ministry of the Environment is urging people to exercise caution.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 22, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the wall of a community center in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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Ohtani mural in his hometown

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a mural of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and his dog Decoy, known in Japanese as Dekopin, created by American artist Robert Vargas, on the outside wall of a hair salon in Ohtani's hometown of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The artist is known for painting a 45-meter-tall giant mural of Ohtani on the side of Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.

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[Breaking News]Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

OTSUCHI, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town. (Kyodo)

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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Fireworks launched for victims of March 2011 disaster

Fireworks are set off in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Aug. 15, 2025, in memory of those killed in the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated the northeastern Japan town.

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[Breaking News]Traditional dance parade in northeastern Japan

MORIOKA, Japan, Aug. 1 Kyodo - Performers march through the streets during the Morioka Sansa dance festival in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 1, 2025. (Kyodo)

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