#Japan warns of 3-metre high #tsunami after magnitude 7.6 #earthquake -Reuters

Dec 8, 2025 9:48 AM EST

#TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A tsunami as high as three metres (10 feet) could hit Japan's northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore on Monday, JMA said

The tsunami warning was issued for the prefectures of #Hokkaido , #Aomori and #Iwate , after the quake jolted a large part of Japan's north & east at 11:15 PM (1415 GMT)

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-warns-3-metre-high-tsunami-after-magnitude-72-earthquake-2025-12-08/

#Japan warns of 3-metre high #tsunami after magnitude 7.6 #earthquake -Reuters

Dec 8, 2025 9:48 AM EST

#TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A tsunami as high as three metres (10 feet) could hit Japan's northeastern coast after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 occurred offshore on Monday, JMA said

The tsunami warning was issued for the prefectures of #Hokkaido , #Aomori and #Iwate , after the quake jolted a large part of Japan's north & east at 11:15 PM (1415 GMT)

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-warns-3-metre-high-tsunami-after-magnitude-72-earthquake-2025-12-08/

Tokyo’s rat population isn’t going anywhere, and a growing number of scientists say the real solution isn’t eradication but coexistence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/society/tokyo-rat-infestation-garbage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #rats #tokyo #shinjukuward #pestcontrol #health

An infant's severed head, arms and legs were found in the refrigerator of an out-call service provider for sex workers in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/crime-legal/infant-head-found-in-fridge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #children

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan (2023)

Busy train in sunny Tokyo. It's not so bad, could be much worse 😎

🔗 https://www.quicoto.com/ikebukuro-shinjuku-y-ginza-yanaka-tokio-2023/

#Travel #photography #streetPhotography #Leica #LeicaM10 #Japan #Tokyo

Marriage equality campaigners urged Japan's top court on Wednesday to rule the country's failure to recognize same-sex unions "unconstitutional," following a recent setback at the Tokyo High Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-supreme-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq #humanrights

As the Korean War raged on in December 1950, Western powers vied to restore Japan as a “great Asian power” to counter global communism. In December 2000, a teenage boy bombed a video store in Kabukicho. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/japan/history/tokyo-population-communism-inflation-kabukicho-bomb-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #tokyo #population #taisho #coldwar #inflation #shinjukuward #kabukicho

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan (2023)

Busy train in sunny Tokyo. It's not so bad, could be much worse 😎

🔗 https://www.quicoto.com/ikebukuro-shinjuku-y-ginza-yanaka-tokio-2023/

#Travel #photography #streetPhotography #Leica #LeicaM10 #Japan #Tokyo

Japan’s maglev is a train to nowhere that continues to wow crowds with record speeds and a smooth, quiet ride at 500 kph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/tech/maglev-ride/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo #maglev #bullettrains

#Tokyo

An amazing #city

The largest city in the world

...Not anymore

"With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, #Indonesia's capital #Jakarta soared from 33rd place to surpass #Japan's Tokyo, according to a new #UnitedNations report"

A mind boggling fact for you:

The population of #Java is about 155 million

The population of #Russia is about 145 million

Java is about 2/3 the size of #GreatBritain!

That's what rich volcanic soil does

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/rcna245798

#cities

The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriages is constitutional, in a departure from five other high courts that had ruled otherwise. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/same-sex-marriage-ruling-tokyo-constitutional/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #tokyo #samesexmarriage #marriage #constitution #lgbtq

Traditional Japanese "hina" dolls featuring this year's iconic people and events have been unveiled in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/doll-tokyo-showcase/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #hina #ichirosuzuki #shinzoabe #sanaetakaichi #rice #2025osakaexpo

Tokyo’s inflation held steady in November, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for an interest rate hike in the coming months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/tokyo-inflation-steady-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #inflation #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said on Wednesday that it plans to shift its accommodation tax from fixed amounts to a fixed rate of 3% of fees in fiscal 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/japan/accommodation-tax-fixed-rate-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #minpaku #tourism #taxes #hotels

Overseas buyers accounted for 3.5% of newly built condos purchased in Tokyo’s 23 wards in the first half of 2025, a sizeable increase from last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/foreign-condo-buyers-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #mlit #surveys #tokyo #osaka

#Tokyo

An amazing #city

The largest city in the world

...Not anymore

"With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, #Indonesia's capital #Jakarta soared from 33rd place to surpass #Japan's Tokyo, according to a new #UnitedNations report"

A mind boggling fact for you:

The population of #Java is about 155 million

The population of #Russia is about 145 million

Java is about 2/3 the size of #GreatBritain!

That's what rich volcanic soil does

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/rcna245798

#cities

A court on Monday ordered publisher Kodansha and the chief editor of its weekly magazine Friday to pay ¥2.2 million in damages to a comedian over defamatory reporting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/crime-legal/kodansha-comedian-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kodansha #japanesecourts #hitoshimatsumoto #tokyo #japanesemagazines #magazines

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/jakarta-tokyo-worlds-biggest-city-population

#HackerNews #Jakarta #Tokyo #Population #City #Growth #Urbanization

Tokyo police have arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of driving a stolen car he then used to plow through an area in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward on Monday, killing one person and injuring 10 others in a chaotic hit-and-run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/crime-legal/japan-hit-and-run-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #trafficaccidents #adachiward

Tokyo Gas plans to sell a commercial building in Ginza, Tokyo to Mantomi Asset Management for over ¥30 billion, or $191 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/companies/tokyo-gas-ginza-building-sale-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyogas #ginza #tokyo #buildings #realestate