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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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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (R) shakes hands with his predecessor Ryo Sakai following his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty. (Kyodo)

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, apologizes during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats were disciplined by the ministry in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief of staff Sakai

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, after the Defense Ministry declared dead seven crewmen listed as missing following a collision between two Japanese MSDF patrol helicopters during a night drill in the Pacific Ocean in April.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan, April 23 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20. (Kyodo)

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secret leak

Japan's Defense Ministry on Monday dismissed a Maritime Self-Defense Force captain over the alleged leak of state secrets to someone without security clearance, making it the first case of the secrecy law being enforced since it came into effect in 2014. A Self-Defense Force criminal investigation unit referred the captain, Takashi Inoue, 54, to prosecutors for allegedly giving classified information to a former MSDF admiral who had already retired from the force, according to the ministry. Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the MSDF, apologized for the incident at a press conference, saying it could "undermine the public's and other nations' confidence in the MSDF," and vowed to take preventive measures.

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Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secrets leak

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2022, following the ministry's dismissal of an MSDF captain over the alleged leak of state secrets to an outsider.

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Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secrets leak

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, bows at a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2022, following the ministry's dismissal of an MSDF captain over the alleged leak of state secrets to an outsider.

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Japan sacks MSDF captain over alleged state secrets leak

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, meets the press at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2022, following the ministry's dismissal of an MSDF captain over the alleged leak of state secrets to an outsider.

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Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

ARABIAN SEA, Indian Ocean - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Captain Ryo Sakai, who is aboard the supply ship Mashu on a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, holds a teleconference with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Kitazawa, who ordered the MSDF to end Japan's refueling mission the same day, expressed his wish for the safe return of the officers. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa holds a teleconference with Ryo Sakai, captain of the Maritime Self-Defense Force who is aboard the supply ship Mashu on a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Kitazawa, who ordered the MSDF to end Japan's refueling mission the same day, expressed his wish for the safe return of the officers.

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Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

ARABIAN SEA, Indian Ocean - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Captain Ryo Sakai, who is aboard the supply ship Mashu on a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, holds a teleconference with Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Kitazawa, who ordered the MSDF to end Japan's refueling mission the same day, expressed his wish for the safe return of the officers. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Japan orders end of refueling for antiterrorism forces

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa holds a teleconference with Ryo Sakai, captain of the Maritime Self-Defense Force who is aboard the supply ship Mashu on a refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Kitazawa, who ordered the MSDF to end Japan's refueling mission the same day, expressed his wish for the safe return of the officers. (Kyodo)