https://www.reuters.com/world/japan/magnitude-74-earthquake-strikes-japan-tsunami-warning-issued-2024-01-01/
TOKYO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least one person, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher ground.
The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves of about 1 metre along Japan's west coast and neighbouring South Korea, with authorities saying larger waves could follow.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued tsunami warnings for the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama.
A major tsunami warning - the first since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan - was issued for Ishikawa but was later downgraded and eventually cut to an advisory, meaning waves up to 1 metre (3 foot) high could be expected.
It was the strongest quake in the region in more than four decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Russia and North Korea also issued tsunami warnings for some areas.
Houses were destroyed, fires broke out and army personnel were dispatched to help with rescue operations, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.
One elderly man was pronounced dead after a building collapse in Shika Town in Ishikawa, broadcaster NTV reported citing local police.
"The snow from the electric wire (came) down, and also from the roof it fell down and all the cars are shaking, and so everybody was panicked," Jonny Wu, a Taiwanese tourist visiting nearby Nagano prefecture for a skiing holiday, told Reuters.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters he had instructed search and rescue teams to do everything possible to save lives, even though access to quake-hit areas was difficult due to blocked roads.
More strong quakes in the area, where seismic activity has been simmering for more than three years, could occur over coming days, JMA official Toshihiro Shimoyama said.
The government said that as of Monday night it had ordered more than 97,000 people in nine prefectures on the western coast of Japan's main island Honshu to evacuate.
In comments to the press shortly after the quake struck, Kishida also warned residents to prepare for more disasters.
"I urge people in areas where tsunamis are expected to evacuate as soon as possible," Kishida said.
The Imperial Household Agency said that following the disaster it would cancel Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako's slated New Year appearance on Tuesday.A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in Ishikawa prefecture in central Japan on Monday
'TSUNAMI! EVACUATE!'
Following the quake, a bright yellow message reading "Tsunami! Evacuate!" flashed across television screens advising residents in specific areas of the coast to immediately evacuate.
Local media footage showed a building collapsing in a plume of dust in the city of Suzu and a huge crack in a road in Wajima where panicked-looking parents clutched their children.
There were reports of at least 30 collapsed buildings in Wajima, a town of around 30,000 known for its lacquerware, and fire engulfed several buildings.
The quake also jolted buildings in the capital Tokyo, some 500 km from Wajima on the opposite coast.
Almost 32,000 households were still without power in Ishikawa prefecture late on Monday, according to utilities provider Hokuriku Electric Power (9505.T), with temperatures set to drop to near freezing overnight in some areas.
Tohoku Electric Power (9506.T) said 700 households remained without power in neighbouring Niigata prefecture.
Telecoms operators also reported phone and internet outages in some areas.
Forty train lines and two high-speed rail services to the quake-hit area halted operations, while six expressways were closed and one of Ishikawa's airports was forced to shut due to a crack in the runway, transport authorities said.
Japanese airline ANA (9202.T) turned back planes headed to airports in Toyama and Ishikawa, while Japan Airlines (9201.T) cancelled most of its services to the Niigata and Ishikawa regions.
NUCLEAR PLANTS
The quake comes at a sensitive time for Japan's nuclear industry, which has faced fierce opposition from some locals since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima. Nearly 20,000 people were killed and whole towns devastated in the disaster.
Japan last week lifted an operational ban imposed on the world's biggest nuclear plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, which has been offline since the 2011 tsunami.
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority said no irregularities have been confirmed at nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan, including five active reactors at Kansai Electric Power’s (9503.T) Ohi and Takahama plants in Fukui Prefecture.
Hokuriku's Shika plant in Ishikawa, the closest nuclear power station to the epicentre, had already halted its two reactors before the quake for regular inspections and saw no impact from the quake, the agency said.
Monday's quake struck during the Jan. 1 public holiday when millions of Japanese traditionally visit temples to mark the new year.
In Kanazawa, a popular tourist destination in Ishikawa, images showed the remnants of a shattered stone gate strewn at the entrance of a shrine as anxious worshippers looked on.
Kanazawa resident Ayako Daikai said she had evacuated to a nearby elementary school with her husband and two children soon after the earthquake hit. Classrooms, stairwells, hallways and the gymnasium were all packed with evacuees, she said.
"We haven't decided when to return home yet," she told Reuters when contacted by telephone.
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IT'S OPENNNNNNN!!!!!
You peeps are absolutely amazing. Love everything you do for this blog.
Do you have any recommendations for any new twinyard bonding fics, with or without Nicky. Or even any with Nicky and one twin?
Or anything around Wymack and Kevin having father son bonding or something like that.
Thank you in advance 💜
OK so sometimes I go off the deep end with these searches and it has happened once again. We’ve tagged a lot of fics with 'twinyards bonding,' even if it’s just a small part of the story — we’re just here for the healing, you know? So rather than delete this huge list of previous recs, I’m going to put them in another post.
Bonus: fics with background twinyards bonding here.
Nicky with the twins here and Kevin and Wymack bonding here are being bumped to their own asks. -A
twinyards bonding since our last ask
‘Shut Up and Dance (With Me),’ ‘never said that i didn't need you,’ ‘Inked Truths’ series and ‘prove your love’ here
‘A World of HIPAA Violations’ here
‘Nor are we forgiven’ here
‘Follow You Through The Dark’ here
‘Did You Get What You Deserve?’ and ‘The Ash is in Our Clothes’ here
‘take yourself home’ here
‘I Think Mom Was Hiding Something…,’ and ‘In Our Family Portrait’ here
‘Poetry in Motion’ here
‘The Strays’ and ‘Arsonist's Lullabye’ here
‘Medical misunderstandings’ here
‘tall twinyards' series here
‘if you can't take the heat…’ and ‘Microsleep’ here
‘The first time Andrew let Aaron see…’ here
‘Unique Souls’ and ‘Don't Mind Us’ here
‘Little Miracles’ and ‘Where There is Magic…’ here
‘Witness,’ ‘there’s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly,’ and ‘… cry over Aaron Minyard tonight’ here
‘Suddenly I see’ here
‘"Wrong Minyard" - Aaron Minyard’ here
‘False Equivalence’ here
‘I’ve been silent for so long,’ ‘in my life i have seen people walk into the sea…,’ ‘Trial,’ ‘You know I don't care,’ and ‘Lists’ here
‘The Road Trip’ here
‘What He Would Give’ and ‘let me tell you something…’ here
‘lamb to the slaughter’ (updated) here
previous twinyards goodness
Andrew supportive of Aaron here
twinyards relationship 2 here
twinyards growing up together here
healthy sibling rivalry here
canon divergent low angst twinyards here
low angst twinyards aus here
domestic fluff w/twinyards bonding, Neil & Aaron friendship here
Aaron & Neil rapprochement here
more Aaron relapse here
twinyards mistaken identity here
Neil mistakes Aaron for Andrew here
the twins with siblings/kids here
twins discover their dad here
why Minyard last name? here
twins meet later in life 2 here
twins meet later, without the trauma here
pre canon
breaking every finger, praying that it makes me clean by orionauriga [Rated M, 9505 Words, Complete, 2023]
Then: Aaron, on the other side of the bathroom door, screaming Andrew’s name in delirious rage.
Between: Andrew, fractured between blissfully medicated and painfully sober, trapped with doctors meant to be helping him.
Now: Kevin, hands twisted into his hair, watching in silent agony as Andrew sloshes his vodka down the sink.
—
No one has ever accused Andrew Minyard of being caring, but he is more than capable of handling his loved ones’ addictions. He’s gone through withdrawal before, after all. He knows what it’s like.
tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: vomit, tw: withdrawal, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
Both of you, against- by itallcomesbacktoandreil [Rated T, 618 Words, Complete, 2022]
idk what to tell you, this is a vent piece, it isnt even originally about the twinyards, but i wanted to post it and felt they could fit in this
tw: implied/referenced child abuse
In this Gemini weather by codename_adler [Not Rated, 1187 Words, Complete, 2023, Locked]
When Aaron found out about his twin brother Andrew, at 13, he wrote him a letter. Here is that letter.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse
this is me choosing you by thewintersolstice [Rated T, 7467 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape 2022]
In the months before Tilda's death, Andrew and Aaron try to learn how to care about each other -- aka twinyards bonding as only twinyards can (badly).
or three times andrew tried to be a good brother and one time aaron finally got it.
tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced drug use, tw: implied/referenced child abuse
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to by love_in_the_city [Rated G, 2782 Words, Complete, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]
Part 1 of Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022
Five times the twins have cried on their birthdays and one time they didn’t have to
tw: child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug use
until then I walk alone series by rekikiri [Rated T, Collection, Updated July 2023]
Part 1: sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me [3291 Words, Complete, 2023]
Andrew gifts Aaron a guitar, and that may just be the start of them learning to exist with each other.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse. tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
NB: inspired by this art by @foxesrefuge; this art also inspired the fic ‘rooftop songs’ recc’d here
Part 2: another turning point, a fork stuck in the road [7718 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023]
aaron is hurt, and andrew won’t let his mother hurt the only family he chose to keep, no matter the cost.
tw: child abuse, tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: alcohol abuse/alcoholism, tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: car accidents
My life by diangelonico [Rated T, 562 Words, Complete, 2023]
“You were miserable. You were so unhappy. You hated your life.” Andrew said, angry.
“Is was my life.”
tw: canonical character death, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse
we'll take it slow (and grow as we go) by pipedreamparrish [Rated T, 2755 Words, Complete, 2020]
the Twinyards's birthday's through the ages, featuring very ugly ties, large sugar intakes, and lots of growth and healing)
tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm
post canon
Mirror, Mirror by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 7347 Words, Complete, Dec 2022, Locked]
Part 3 of Heimkehr means Homecoming series, parts 1 & 2 here
Aaron and Andrew spent the first 16 years of their lives apart, so they aren’t exactly those twins with the telepathy and in-jokes. Except sometimes.
Two mirrors as seen through two imaginary friends, one visitors day in juvie, two relapses and one late night phone call.
tw: self harm, tw: blood, tw: drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: abortion discussion
Give Me Another Minute (to Lay Here in Your Echo) by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 26732 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]
A year post-canon, when they thought they were safe, Neil goes missing.
tw: implied major character death, tw: kidnapping, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: self harm, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: drugs, tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced human trafficking, tw: graphic nightmares, tw: gun violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: major character injury
Don't Strike Me Down by crymeariversong11 [Rated T, 5021 Words, Complete, 2022]
Kevin ends up in the hospital and the Minyard Twins realize they have feelings.
Trial Talk by sirfatcat_mccatterson [Rated G, 1638 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]
Prompt from anon on Tumblr
Twinyard bonding before Aarons trial.
tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
No Words Necessary by emmy (emmy7) [Rated T, 820 Words, Complete, 2023]
Aaron in the aftermath of Drake's murder trial.
tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
Thicker Than Water by exy_shmexy [981 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]
Aaron himself found himself at a loss for words.
He had tossed and turned over what to say for a couple days ever since he sent the text to Andrew telling him he wanted to visit his mother’s grave and if he could come with him.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse
Raw Sugar by Paradoxolotl [Rated T, 3686 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]
Betsy tells Aaron and Andrew to find something they can bond over.
NB: fic art by @fortheloveofexy here
I was born sick by Harmonique [Rated G, 3082 Words, Complete, 2023]
Part 2 of AFTG whump
Aaron is sick.
Aaron should rest, but he has an exam, classes, and a match in the evening.
Aaron is an idiot.
Thankfully, he has a boyfriend and a brother to make sure he rests
After thousands of cold days by LadyTimelessness [Rated T, 3310 Words, Complete, 2023]
Double sessions was originally a stupid idea. None of them cared about building (or establishing) brothers relations anymore. Andrew always knew it wouldn't work, and neither did Aaron. They learned to live with each other at the level of neighbors, and it seemed to suit everyone. None of the twins needed more.
tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder
Contraposition by Reiss [Rated T, 3595 Words, Complete, 2023]
Andrew and Arron have an emotional and tearful bonding session on the roof of Fox Tower and a breakthrough in their emotions follows.
tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: violence
Twin Calls series by makememakesense [Rated T, Collection with 2 complete works, Twinyards Appreciation Week 2022]
Part 1: The pressure in my veins (Talk it down, talk it down) [1573 Words]
Andrew deals with being a single Cat Dad.
Part 2: We're doing alright [1478 Words]
POV you're freaking out about having Twins. Who do you call?
alternate universes
I'm leaving this town (and I'm changing my address) by zweimam [Rated T, 21028 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2023]
Aaron has been looking for his brother for six years. Right when he's beginning to lose all hope, he meets Neil Josten.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced suicidal thoughts, tw: dissociation, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction
Damned If You Do by Inthewritespot [Rated T, 13508 Words, Complete, 2022]
When his cousin Nicky calls about some friends disappearing under ghostly circumstances, Andrew Minyard forces his twin back into the family business.
This is a Twinyard Supernatural AU
tw: canonical character death, tw: blood/gore
gutterwitch blues by nanatsuyu [Rated T, 20882 Words, Complete, 2023]
It isn't the worst job Andrew's ever been not paid to do. He and Aaron grew up managing the place, after all. Five years of silence doesn't change that.
He can handle visiting 'home' one last time.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced murder
togetherness by Nightingale231 [Rated T, 683 Words, Complete, 2022, Locked]
Andrew and Aaron are brothers. Andrew is the alpha of the twins, and Aaron the omega. Neil and Aaron are friends.
Art
book scene: Aaron’s drug detox art by @nniivek
The Minyard Twins art by @alef-art
Aaron and Andrew sand castle building competition art by @emry-stars-art
Twinyard AU with ghost Andrew art by @ol-unreliable
au where aaron and neil are best friends first comic by @02511213942
Nicky’s picture of the twins art by @prince-peachie
we face the fire together, brothers to the end art by @scribblesandsuch21
aftg inktober day 4: twinyards art by @tigerjawed
twinyards in a campus coffee shop art by @/whyzard on twitter
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