Director of Disaster Management, Cabinet Office (Japan)
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Coordinating central government disaster messaging to 182 municipalities under advisory
Just before midnight on December 8, a magnitude‑7.5 quake slammed offshore near Aomori, shaking Hachinohe hard enough to topple furniture, briefly cutting power, and sending up small tsunamis that still forced about 90,000 people to evacuate from coastal towns. By morning the tsunami warnings were gone and only minor injuries and damage had been confirmed, but the real shock came next: Japan’s Meteorological Agency pulled the lever on its rarest tool, a top‑tier “megaquake” advisory for a possible magnitude‑8 or larger event along the northern Pacific coast in the coming week.
Updated Dec 11, 2025
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