Rescuers pulled a man from the rubble of a destroyed building in northeast Japan on Saturday, eight days after a massive earthquake and tsunami, media reports said.

Public broadcaster NHK reported the man was rescued from a wrecked house in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, and in a stable physical condition, but in a state of shock and unable to speak.

He was identified as Katsuharu Moriya, aged in his 20s, Kyodo News agency quoted the Self-Defense Forces as saying.