School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly ...

There are currently nine evacuees from the Tokara Islands off Kagoshima Prefecture, including Akuseki Island, according to ...

Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

TOKYO -- A record 740 earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain in southwest Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture in the last 10 days, the weather agency announced July 1.

Monday marks one month since seismic activity intensified in the sea around the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan, ...

The Tokara Islands in southern Japan have experienced a wave of more than 1,200 earthquakes since late June, with some reports counting up to 1,600 tremors. The unusual seismic swarm has triggered ...

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Japanese authorities have evacuated a small island village after the region was jolted by over 1,000 earthquakes in less than two weeks.

But the Tokara Islands’ remote location means emergency responders have to use helicopters to get there, as it takes more than 6 hours to reach Nakanoshima, the largest of the islands, by ferry.

Those living on the remote islands anxious and fearful of what might happen, and the national weather service has no idea when the quakes will end.

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 rattled islands in south-western Japan on July 5, the latest in a series of tremblers that have prompted some residents to evacuate.

Japanese authorities urged the 89 residents of a small southern island to evacuate after a strong earthquake on Thursday, the latest of more than 1,00.