Japan issues tsunami warning after strong earthquake - BBC News

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Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region.

Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to "evacuate immediately to higher ground," national broadcaster NHK said.

The first tsunami waves, some more than a metre high, have arrived in Wajima port in Ishikawa.