A strong earthquake struck Friday off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering small tsunami waves in the same region hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami last year. The Japan Meteorological ...

The strong quake struck off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. TOKYO, Dec. 7, 2012— -- A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami warning and evacuation ...

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Rising almost three stories high and snaking 3 kilometers along the coastline, a seawall fortress guarding the Ogatsu district here today restricts views of the sea.

Fumio Ito, head of public relations at Minami Sanriku Hotel Kanyo, tells his experience of 2011 tsunami disaster in the area to participants during the "Kataribe," or "storytelling," bus tours in ...

Fukuko Hatakeyama, 81, is living in temporary housing in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture. The tsunami that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011 swept away her house and all her belongings, including ...

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Police officers offer a silent prayer ahead of their search operation for the missing persons in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan Monday, March 11, 2024.

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture—A school building here that was destroyed in a water-fire combination during the 2011 tsunami has been rebuilt into a disaster memorial.

The ABC's correspondent Stephen McDonell has travelled into Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas worst affected by the earthquake and tsunami. In the town of Yamashita, he says there's destruction ...

Old footage of a tsunami hitting a city in eastern Japan's Miyagi prefecture in 2011 has been viewed more than one million times with a false claim it was recorded following a strong earthquake in ...