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Japan on higher quake alert after powerful tremor rattles Tohoku | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

3+ hour, 42+ min ago  (889+ words) April 21, 2026 at 16: 37 JST Evacuees prepare to spend the night behind partitions at a designated shelter at a junior high school gymnasium in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 20. (Yosuke Fukudome) The April 20 earthquake off the Tohoku region caused minor injuries, rekindled…...