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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 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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Season's 1st catch of Echizen crabs

Photo taken Nov. 6, 2025, shows the season's first catch of Echizen crabs in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.

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Season's 1st catch of Echizen crabs

An auction is held for the season's first catch of Echizen crabs in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Season's 1st catch of Echizen crabs

An auction is held for the season's first catch of Echizen crabs in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Season's 1st catch of Echizen crabs

An auction is held for the season's first catch of Echizen crabs in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 6, 2025.

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Pasta made with chestnuts

Undated photo shows packs of "Obuse Chestnut Pasta," made with chestnut skin extract and sold by the Sakai Seimen noodle maker in the central Japan city of Nagano.

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

TeamLab CEO Daisuke Sakai, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit teamLab Borderlessin Tokyo, Japan, on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

TeamLab CEO Daisuke Sakai, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel visit teamLab Borderlessin Tokyo, Japan, on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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World aquatics championships

(From L) Japan's Sho Sakai, Sayaka Mikami, Rin Kaneto and Reo Nishida pose after winning bronze in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Japan's Sho Sakai competes in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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Samurai doll parade in central Japan

Floats carrying huge dolls representing samurai warriors parade during a traditional "Mikuni" festival dating back about 300 years in Sakai in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui on May 20, 2025.

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Territory museum reopens in Tokyo

Manabu Sakai, Japanese minister in charge of territorial issues, speaks on April 18, 2025, during a ceremony in Tokyo marking the reopening of the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty following content renewal.

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Horse racing: Dubai World Cup

American steed Hit Show with jockey Florent Geroux (R) competes en route to winning the Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on April 5, 2025. Japan's Forever Young ridden by Ryusei Sakai (L) finished third.

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Snow crabs for Japanese imperial family

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025, in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, shows boiled snow crabs selected for presentation to the Japanese imperial family.

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Snow crabs for Japanese imperial family

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2025, in Sakai in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, shows boiled snow crabs selected for presentation to the Japanese imperial family.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 5

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture.

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30th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Japanese disaster management minister Manabu Sakai addresses a memorial ceremony in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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Season's 1st snow crab auction in Tottori

A ceremony for the season's first auction of snow crabs is held at Sakai port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 7, 2024, as fishing of the winter delicacy began west of Toyama Prefecture in the Sea of Japan the day before.

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Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waves to voters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 3

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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Japan's new public safety chief Sakai

Manabu Sakai, Japan's new National Public Safety Commission chief, speaks at a press conference at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2024.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Manabu Sakai, who is set to become chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami (front) stretches his arm with the help of teammate Chikara Morinaka at a playfield in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 1, 1966. (Kyodo)

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan sprinters -- (from L) Yoshihide Kiryu, Koki Ueyama, Ryuichiro Sakai and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown -- are pictured after finishing fifth in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris on Aug. 9, 2024.

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Paris Olympics: Athletics

Japan's Ryuichiro Sakai competes in the men's 4x100-meter relay final at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 9, 2024, at Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris.

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Handball - Spain v Japon

Japan line player Shuichi Yoshida (13), Japan goalkeeper Motoki Sakai (17), Spain centre back Ian Tarrafeta (36) during the handball match between Spain and Japon on Day 5 of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games at Arena Paris Sud on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo by Laurent Zabulon/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Sailing

Sakai Akira Luke/Russell Williams Aylsworth of China's Hong Kong compete during a race of Men's Skiff of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille, France, July 28, 2024. Photo by Zheng Huansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris 2024 - Sailing

Sakai Akira Luke/Russell Williams Aylsworth of China's Hong Kong compete during a race of Men's Skiff of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille, France, July 28, 2024. Photo by Zheng Huansong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240728) -- MARSEILLE, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sakai Akira Luke/Russell Williams Aylsworth of China's Hong Kong compete during a race of Men's Skiff of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille, France, July 28, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

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(PARIS2024)FRANCE-MARSEILLE-OLY-SAILING

(240728) -- MARSEILLE, July 28, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Sakai Akira Luke/Russell Williams Aylsworth of China's Hong Kong compete during a race of Men's Skiff of Sailing of Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille, France, July 28, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zheng Huansong)

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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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Sharp President Okitsu

Sharp Corp. President Masahiro Okitsu gives an interview in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2024.

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Sharp President Okitsu

Sharp Corp. President Masahiro Okitsu gives an interview in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on July 16, 2024.

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International Tennis match - ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 2024

75 mixed doubles vice world champions David Sakai and Donna Sakai at the ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 2024

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International Tennis match - ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 2024

75 mixed doubles vice world champions David Sakai and Donna Sakai at the ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 2024

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International Tennis match - ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 2024

75 mixed doubles vice world champions David Sakai and Donna Sakai at the ITTF World Master Table Tennis Championship Rome 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.