First waves hit Japan as tsunami alert is canceled

[kazuya]

Tsunamis from the deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile rippled across the Japanese coast Sunday as anxious residents remained glued to round-the-clock television coverage.

No injuries were reported, authorities said, but they urged the tens of thousands of evacuees from coastal areas to stay away because waves could gain strength. Citizens and elderly people in wheelchairs flocked into shelters.

"We can never take the optimistic view that just because the first wave has arrived, we are safe," Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said. "Tsunami isn't just the first (wave)."

First waves hit Japan as tsunami alert is canceled - CNN.com

[GotIt]

That's a relief... There's already been a lot of deaths with Haiti and Chile... We definetly didn't need this, which luckily, didnt happen.