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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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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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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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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Sumo: Terunofuji ahead of spring tournament

Sumo grand champion Terunofuji (facing camera) trains in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 4, 2024, ahead of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting in Osaka city on March 10.

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Sumo: Terunofuji ahead of spring tournament

Sumo grand champion Terunofuji (L) trains in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 4, 2024, ahead of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament starting in Osaka city on March 10.

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Football: Club World Cup

Urawa Reds captain Hiroki Sakai attends a press conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 18, 2023, on the eve of the Japanese football team's Club World Cup semifinal match against England's Manchester City.

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Football: Club World Cup

Urawa Reds captain Hiroki Sakai attends a press conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 18, 2023, on the eve of the Japanese football team's Club World Cup semifinal match against England's Manchester City.

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Signboard at Sakai City Hall

Signboard at Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Sakai City Hall Flag

Sakai City Hall Flag=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Japan PM Kishida sacks close aide for his anti-LGBT remarks

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2023, during his visit to the central Japan city. Kishida said he has sacked Masayoshi Arai, an elite bureaucrat who served as executive secretary to Kishida after he recently made discriminatory remarks against sexual minorities.

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Police conduct antiterror drills prior to world athletics event

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka prefectural police conducted full-fledged antiterror drills Aug. 16 at an industrial waste disposal site in the city of Sakai with the Athletics World Championship set to start on Aug. 25.

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Data on Osaka city's 680,000 voters in 2011 election leaked online

OSAKA, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Municipal government officials in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, bow in apology at their office on Dec. 14, 2015, saying that personal information on all the around 680,000 voters in Sakai in the 2011 Osaka gubernatorial election had been leaked on the Internet as an employee had handled the data inappropriately.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron removed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on the Oct. 10, 1964, shows the final torch bearer Yoshinori Sakai after lighting the Olympic Torch during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony at the National Stadium in Tokyo. The Olympic cauldron, a symbol of Japan's postwar reconstruction, will be transferred to the March 2011 disaster-hit city of Ishinomaki as the stadium will be demolished prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Sakai passed away in September at the age of 69.

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Japanese to conduct all Beethoven symphonies for charity

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Opera/musical conductor Masaki Imura poses in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2014, ahead of the planned performance of all of Beethoven's nine symphonies in Kawachinagano, another Osaka city, on Aug. 31. All the income from the performances will be donated to help victims of the 2011 earthquake.

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City, store chains ink health checkup accord

SAGA, Japan - Katsuaki Sakai (R), president of Lawson Inc.'s Kyushu branch, Saga Mayor Toshiyuki Hideshima (C) and Yasuhiro Mizokami, chairman of the Miz drugstore chain, pose at the municipal government office in Saga, southwestern Japan, on July 16, 2014, after signing a deal to let consumers receive metabolism checkups in examination cars in the compounds of Lawson convenience stores.

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Canadian promotes traditional Japanese kitchen knives

OSAKA, Japan - Canadian businessman Bjorn Heiberg promotes traditional Japanese kitchen knives produced in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on April 14, 2014. He operates his own kitchen knife shop in Osaka city.

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Honda's footprint displayed at Sakai training center

SAKAI, Japan - A footprint of Keisuke Honda, a member of the Japanese national football team, is unveiled at Sakai City's J-GREEN Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on March 20, 2014, with footprints of manager Alberto Zaccheroni and other members of the national team.

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Footprints of Japan national team unveiled in Sakai

SAKAI, Japan - Visitors to Sakai City's J-GREEN Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on March 20, 2014, look at footprints of members of the Japanese national football team unveiled the same day to commemorate Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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Matsui becomes tourism ambassador for hometown

KANAZAWA, Japan - Teijiro Sakai (L), mayor of the city of Nomi in Ishikawa Prefecture, appoints former major leaguer and hometown hero Hideki Matsui (R) the city's tourism ambassador during a ceremony in the city on Jan. 7, 2014. Matsui, 39, a recipient of the People's Honor Award given by the Japanese government, played for the New York Yankees and several other major league teams following his move from the Japanese professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants.

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Sakai mayoral race

SAKAI, Japan - Osami Takeyama, the incumbent mayor of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, receives flowers from a supporter after securing his reelection in the mayoral race in the city on Sept. 29, 2013. Takeyama won the election by a substantial margin, defeating a candidate backed by Osaka Mayor and Japan Restoration Party co-leader Toru Hashimoto.

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Nazca Lines

TOKYO, Japan - Yamagata University professor Masato Sakai speaks in the city of Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on April 12, 2013. He said a team of researchers from the university has discovered a new set of Nazca Lines depicting two people in Peru.

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Sakai blade forgers exploring export opportunities

OSAKA, Japan - Tadashi Enami, a craftsman of Sakai forged blades, hammers a hot steel sheet taken from a kiln at his factory in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Sakai blade forgers exploring export opportunities

OSAKA, Japan - Tadashi Enami, a craftsman of Sakai forged blades, works at his factory in Sakai Ward, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture on Sept. 2, 2012.

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Japan to meet Egypt in q'finals after Honduras draw

COVENTRY, England - Japan's Gotoku Sakai (R) vies for the ball during the first half of a men's soccer Group D match against Honduras at the City of Coventry Stadium at the 2012 London Olympics on Aug. 1, 2012. Japan and Honduras drew 0-0.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (L) celebrates his goal with Kensuke Nagai (R) in the first half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (C) scores in the opening half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Kansai Electric starts mega solar system operation

SAKAI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 5, 2010, shows solar panels belonging to a mega solar power generation plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. located in the Sakai city waterfront area in Osaka Prefecture. The company, which started operation of the plant the same day, became the first power utility in Japan to launch commercial operations of such a large-scale solar power plant.

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Kansai Electric starts mega solar system operation

SAKAI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 5, 2010, shows solar panels belonging to a mega solar power generation plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. located in the Sakai city waterfront area in Osaka Prefecture. The company, which started operation of the plant the same day, became the first power utility in Japan to launch commercial operations of such a large-scale solar power plant.

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Hakuho reclaims east slot after Asashoryu

SAKAI, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho speaks to reporters in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 1, 2010, about his commitment to the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. Hakuho reclaimed the more prestigious east yokozuna slot in the tournament's ranking released by the Japan Sumo Association, replacing Asashoryu who retired in February due to a scandal involving drunken violence.

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Hakuho reclaims east slot after Asashoryu

SAKAI, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho holds up a ranking table released by the Japan Sumo Association for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 1, 2010, in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Hakuho reclaimed the more prestigious east yokozuna slot, replacing Asashoryu who retired in February due to a scandal involving drunken violence.

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Official campaign begins for Japan's lower house election

OSAKA, Japan - Japan Renaissance Party leader Hideo Watanabe stumps in the city of Sakai in Osaka on Aug. 18 as the official campaign started for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election in Japan.

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Nomo visits Sakai mayor

SAKAI, Japan - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo (R) visits Sakai Mayor Keisuke Kihara in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Oct. 20. Nomo thanked Kihara for the city's help for the Nomo baseball club he established this spring.

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7 die from serratia infection in Osaka hospital

SAKAI, Japan - Photo, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, shows the Mimihara General Hospital in Sakai, Osaka, where seven inpatients in their 60s to 90s died between May 7 and July 1 after becoming infected with serratia bacteria. Four men and three women died of infections caused by the bacteria, officials of Sakai city and the hospital told a press conference.

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2 disaster-hit pianos played at concert

Two disaster-damaged pianos -- one (R) swept away by the March 2011 tsunami in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki and the other swallowed by a muddy stream after torrential rain in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Kuma in July 2020 -- were played at a concert in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2022, after having been restored.

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Hitachi Zosen unveils movable breakwater

On April 5, Hitachi Zosen Corporation unveiled to the press at its Sakai Works (Nishi-ku, Sakai City) a flap-gate sluiceto be installed on the seabed at Ofunato Fishing Port (Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture). The sluice will be transported by sea from the Sakai Works to the site in mid-November, and construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2008. Mr. Munekazu Shima, Managing Executive Officer of Hitachi Zosen Corporation and General Manager of the Social Infrastructure Business Division, said, "Projects for disaster response are moving forward in overseas countries. We have not set a specific target for orders, but we are confident that there is a need. (November 5, 2019, Hitachi Zosen Sakai Plant, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Police conduct antiterror drills prior to world athletics event

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka prefectural police conducted full-fledged antiterror drills Aug. 16 at an industrial waste disposal site in the city of Sakai with the Athletics World Championship set to start on Aug. 25. (Kyodo)

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Bodies of Japanese victims in Dhaka terrorist attack return to Japan

Masanobu Ohashi, an uncle of Yuko Sakai, 42, one of the seven Japanese victims killed in a terrorist attack in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, wipes away his tears while speaking to reporters in the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 5, 2016. The bodies of the victims arrived in Tokyo from Dhaka aboard a government plane earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp relocates headquarters to Sakai plant

Photo taken July 1, 2016, in the western Japan city of Sakai shows Sharp Corp.'s new headquarters, relocated from the city of Osaka as part of the electronics maker's restructuring efforts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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74-yr-old man to set out on solo nonstop voyage around world

Photo taken May 25, 2016, in the western Japan city of Sakai shows Ikuo Tateo and his yacht Eolia. Tateo, 74, will leave the city on June 5 on a one-year solo nonstop around-the-world voyage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp looks to appoint Hon Hai vice chairman as new chief

Photo taken April 2, 2016, in the western Japan city of Sakai shows Tai Jeng-wu, vice chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known by its trade name Foxconn. It was reported on May 12, 2016, that Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp., restructuring under Hon Hai, is looking to appoint Tai as its new president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp looks to appoint Hon Hai vice chairman as new chief

Photo taken April 2, 2016, in the western Japan city of Sakai shows Tai Jeng-wu, vice chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known by its trade name Foxconn. It was reported on May 12, 2016, that Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp., restructuring under Hon Hai, is looking to appoint Tai as its new president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo