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Japan: M7.5 Quake Leaves Damage to Ancestral Tablet Hall in Aomori

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the east coast of Aomori Prefecture in northeast Japan around 11:15 p.m. on Monday, December 8, injuring dozens of people and prompting immediate tsunami warnings and evacuation orders. This video shows damage to an ancestral tablet hall at a temple in Mutsu, northern Aomori, the following morning.

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Centennial of Great Kanto Earthquake

Monks burn wooden grave tablets during a memorial event for 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake victims in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2023, on the eve of the centennial of the disaster that claimed the lives of over 100,000 people.

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Temple holds rite for unclaimed spirit tablets

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A Buddhist priest holds a memorial service for some 400 spirit tablets unclaimed after the 2011 tsunami at the Seitai-ji temple in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The temple is keeping the tablets recovered from debris following the disaster.

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Noda's 1st trip to Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) visits the Cornerstone of Peace monument, black granite tablets inscribed with the names of the victims of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 26, 2012. Noda made his first visit to the prefecture as head of the government the same day in a bid to persuade Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima during a meeting the following day to accept a long-stalled plan for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa marks 66th anniversary of WWII battle's end

ITOMAN, Japan - People search the names of the deceased on the Cornerstone of Peace monument, black granite tablets inscribed with the names of the victims of the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. Okinawa Prefecture on the day marked the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people.

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Emperor, empress remember WWII air raid victims in Tokyo

Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko offer flowers in front of tablets at a memorial hall in Tokyo on May 26, 2015, to commemorate some 100,000 victims of a massive air raid over the capital during World War II. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress remember WWII air raid victims in Tokyo

Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko offer flowers in front of tablets at a memorial hall in Tokyo on May 26, 2015, to commemorate some 100,000 victims of a massive air raid over the capital during World War II. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 66th anniversary of WWII battle's end

ITOMAN, Japan - People search the names of the deceased on the Cornerstone of Peace monument, black granite tablets inscribed with the names of the victims of the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. Okinawa Prefecture on the day marked the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people. (Kyodo)

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Noda's 1st trip to Okinawa

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) visits the Cornerstone of Peace monument, black granite tablets inscribed with the names of the victims of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 26, 2012. Noda made his first visit to the prefecture as head of the government the same day in a bid to persuade Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima during a meeting the following day to accept a long-stalled plan for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Temple holds rite for unclaimed spirit tablets

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - A Buddhist priest holds a memorial service for some 400 spirit tablets unclaimed after the 2011 tsunami at the Seitai-ji temple in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2014. The temple is keeping the tablets recovered from debris following the disaster. (Kyodo)

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M6.3 quake jolts eastern Japan, triggers no tsunami

Memorial tablets are scattered at a temple in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo on Dec. 29, 2016, after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck eastern Japan. The temblor was felt in Tokyo, but no tsunami warning was issued. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo