The apparent decline of the mobile market in Japan could see the country’s games industry renew its interest in console games.

From Tokyo’s neon buzz to Gifu’s Bon Odori dance festival, discover Japan’s hidden magic—ancient forests, coastal beauty, and volcano-warmed hot springs (Picture: Gujo Hachiman Tourist Association)

You’ve mapped your Japan route, taking yo…

From Tokyo’s neon buzz to Gifu’s Bon Odori dance festival, discover Japan’s hidden magic—ancient forests, coastal beauty, and volcano-warmed hot springs (Picture: Gujo Hachiman Tourist Association)

You’ve mapped your Japan route, taking yo…

A fire has broken out on a US naval ship New Orleans off Japan’s Okinawa prefecture.

Footage shared by Japanese public broadcaster NHK shows flames raging on the vessel near the US military port known as ‘White Beach’ in Uruma City.

Multiple self-Defence force vessels have been deployed to extinguish the flames and the Japan Coast Guard has also dispatched a patrol boat to the scene.

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‘If I mark VJ Day, it’s for the lads that lost their lives.’

A developer has asked players to give their upcoming Steam game a go, despite it having a very off-putting name.

The crash has been called Japan’s aviation industry’s equivalent of the Titanic.

The smell of burning flesh, unrecognisable bodies. More than 200,000 dead. Have we forgotten the sheer horror of August 1945?

The smell of burning flesh, unrecognisable bodies. More than 200,000 dead. Have we forgotten the sheer horror of August 1945?

The smell of burning flesh, unrecognisable bodies. More than 200,000 dead. Have we forgotten the sheer horror of August 1945?

‘As long as nuclear weapons exist, they will surely be used again someday.’

Things get pretty weird 31,000 feet under the sea.

Tsunami’s are caused by large scale disturbances on the seafloor.

Most tsunami warnings have now been lifted.

‘Nature always knows first. This was the warning.’

‘Nature always knows first. This was the warning.’

Multiple travel alerts have been issued to British citizens after Russia’s Far East was rattled by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, resulting in tsunami waves as high as 13 feet.

Travellers in a dozen countries – the US, Canada, Philippines, Taiwan, China, Tonga, Togo, New Zealand, Ecuador, Solomon Islands, Peru, Samoa, Japan, Kiribati, Costa Rica, French Polynesia and Chile – have been urged to follow ‘local advice’ as evacuations are ongoing.

Follow the latest updates on the earthquake on Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula with Metro’s live blog

In Japan alone, nearly two million people have been rushed to safety from coastal areas in the north, with the meteorological agency confirming that sections of the east coast of Hokkaido and main island Honshu had seen waves of up to one metre in height.

Part of Shinkansen bullet train service has also been temporarily axed dueto the warnings.

What is the UK Foreign Office advice?

The UK Foreign Office said: ‘An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.7 has struck the eastern coast of Russia in the Kamchatka Peninsula region. A tsunami threat message has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

‘If you are in the affected areas potentially affected by the earthquake or tsunami you should follow the advice of the local authorities.’

But the FCDO has stopped short of actually warning against travel to any of the affected regions following the earthquake – apart from Russia, but the country has been on Britain’s ‘no-go’ list since the early days of the war in Ukraine.

The advice was released in the early hours of the mornings, and so far the government has not updated it.

So no areas in Japan, the US or Hawaii, for example, were deemed ‘unsafe’ because of the tsunami – but people have still been urged not to travel.

Are there any disruptions to flights?

In the hours after the earthquake – and the multiple tremors that followed – hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from coastal areas, with some of them trying to make a run for airports.

While some tsunami warnings have been downgraded and alerts dropped, as many as hundreds of flights have been cancelled.

Guangzhou Baiyun, Shanghai Pudong and Shenzhen Bao’an International Airports in China, Sendai Airport in Japan,Sultan Hasanuddin Airport in Indonesia and the Las Vegas Airport in the US have all been graded five – the maximum in FlightRadar’s disruption index, indicating major problems.

Pictures showed dozens of travellers waiting for updates after their flights were cancelled.

All flights out of Maui Airport were also stopped for the night, with more than 200 people left sheltering at the departure lounge.

Is the ‘worst’ over?

So far, the impact of the tsunami has not been as destructive as expected.

Chip McCreery, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Director, stressed the ‘worst part of it’ is over.

Yet, South American nations like Chile and Colombia are bracing for the threat.

Chile has upgraded its tsunami warning to the highest level, covering most of its lengthy Pacific coast.

The country’s national emergency service said it was evacuating hundreds of people and school was cancelled along much of the coast.

Similarly, Colombia has issued tsunami alerts and warnings for the areas of Choco and Narino, and for Cauca and Valle del Cauca respectively.

The country’s National Unit for Disaster Risk Management said: ‘Preemptive evacuation of beaches and low-tide areas on the coasts of Narino and Choco is recommended. 

‘Go to high ground and away from the coast.’

Meanwhile, the Washington branch of the US National Weather Service said coastal areas west of Seattle were still seeing severe waves.

It asked people not to travel to the shores to watch the waves, and instead ‘keep away.’

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A map shows where the warning and other alerts for tsunami are in the Pacific (Picture: Metro)

A map shows the epicentre of one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, along with large parts of the Pacific Ocean now under tsunami w…

Ryo Tatsuki, Japan’s answer to Nostradamus, appears to have been proven right again.

The 8.8 magnitude tremor erupted in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east early this morning.

Latest updates after a major tsunami warning has been issued.

A new survey breaks down the average age and gender of fans of popular gaming franchises like Pokémon and Final Fantasy.

A new survey breaks down the average age and gender of fans of popular gaming franchises like Pokémon and Final Fantasy.

Japan is a nation where deeply rooted observances mingle with modernity. Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule.

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