A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's ...

It originated off the coast of Urakawa. Screenshot courtesy of Google My Maps June 11 (UPI) -- The Japanese island of Hokkaido was rattled by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Sunday.

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia early Wednesday.

Group of Eight (G8) leaders will gather at the Windsor Hotel in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for a July 7-9 summit during which they will also hold meetings with leaders of seven African countries ...