Tsunami warning issued in Japan after magnitude-7.5 quake hits northeast

A tsunami warning was issued for parts of northeast and northern Japan on Monday after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck off the Sanriku Coast, sending residents to higher ground and boats out to sea as memories of the 2011 disaster resurfaced.Live television footage showed fishing boats and coastal vessels leaving ports along Japan’s northeast coast to avoid incoming waves, while broadcasters urged people in low-lying areas to evacuate immediately to safer ground.In Hokkaido, Makoto Watanabe, a professor of communications and media at Hokkaido Bunkyo University, said the tremor brought back memories of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.