9:45 am today

Asia correspondent Elisabeth Beattie

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am today
An advisory reading "Tsunami! Run!" (top) and "Tsunami warning issued for central Hokkaido’s Pacific Coast" flashes over live TV coverage on a screen in Sapporo, in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture on 8 December 2025. Japan recorded a 40-centimetre tsunami after a 7.5-magnitude quake on 8 December.

Tsunami warnings flash on live TV coverage in Sapporo, in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture. Photo: AFP / Greg Baker

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