Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says the government has set up a crisis management team after the strong earthquake.
![People leave the beachside area at Inage Seaside Park after much of coastal Japan went on tsunami alert following a 8.7 magnitude quake in the sea off eastern Russia, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City, Chiba prefecture on July 30, 2025. [Philip Fong/AFP] (AFP)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFP__20250730__689M8YE__v1__HighRes__JapanRussiaQuakeTsunami_cropped-1753890403.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![This handout picture released by the Sakhalin Region Government on July 30, 2025, shows the tsunami-hit Severo-Kurilsk on Paramushir, one of Russia's northern Kuril Islands [Handout/Russia's Sakhalin Region Government via AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFP__20250730__68A939F__v1__HighRes__RussiaEarthquakeTsunami-1753864535.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Magnitude 8.8 quake off Russia’s east coast had prompted warnings and evacuations in dozens of countries.
The eruption disrupted several flights and raised emergency warnings to their highest level for locals and tourists.
Memorials were held in several countries across Asia for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
More than 227,000 people died in the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and experts warn it could happen again.
Tsunami threat has passed for nearby islands after earthquake struck near Vanuatu’s capital Porta Vila.
Fumio Kishida says he will remain in Japan after experts warn of higher than usual risk along Nankai Trough.
Taiwan authorities report deaths in Hualien County, including three hikers, and say more than 900 were injured.
More than a dozen strong earthquakes struck central Japan, triggering tsunami waves along Honshu’s western coast.
