M5.9 quake hits eastern Japan including Tokyo, dozens injured - Japan Wire by Kyodo News

Japan: On 23 August 2026, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Japan, including Tokyo. Dozens of people were injured: figures range from 23 injured in the northeast to at least 37 injured near Tokyo.

Train services were disrupted. Emergency loudspeakers sounded in Tokyo, and Kurier wrote of a danger of landslides.