Curious residents in and around the Japanese coastal city of Tateyama, south of Tokyo, gathered to look at the carcasses of four beached whales on Thursday (July 31). <br /><br />The sperm whales were stranded on the beach a day before one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's Far East causing tsunamis across the Pacific. <br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline