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The airport in Omitama, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, served some 750,000 passengers in fiscal 2023, close to the target of 810,000 set when it began operating.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, prompting tsunami warnings for Miyazaki and Kochi Prefectures. The quake occurred at 9:19 pm local time, with damage assessments ongoing.

These households will go from being 13.2% to 20.6% of the total over the same period, and over 20% in 32 prefectures including Ehime at 24.9%, Tokushima at 25.3% and Kochi at 27%.

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Monday's temperatures came close to Japan’s highest recorded temperature — 41.1 C — which was reached in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, on July 23, 2018, and in Hamamatsu on Aug. 17, 2020.

Ehime and Kochi prefectures were hit by the quake with an intensity of 6 on Japan's 1-7 scale, the JMA said. Some water pipes burst, but no major damage has been reported, local media said.