A magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted Japan's northern Hokkaido region, with no risk of a tsunami confirmed by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

KAGOSHIMA--Sixteen evacuated residents of Akusekijima island boarded a ferry here on the evening of July 16 to return home ...

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family fled to ...

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

Some residents who evacuated from a quake-hit remote island chain in Japan's southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture began heading home on Wednesday.

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping ...

Akusekijima Island, part of Kagoshima Prefecture’s Tokara Islands, is seen on Friday. Photo / the Japan News, via the Washington Post Toshima, Kagoshima - Following a series of earthquakes off ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

VOX POPULI: Rich heritage rumbles on in quake-hit Akusekijima Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. July 14, 2025 at 13:49 JST ...

Keiko Nishi runs a small inn on Akusekijima. They have room for 18 guests, but they have never ever been full before. "I am most worried about water," she said. "We don't have enough to start with.

Schoolchildren on Akusekijima, in Japan's remote Tokara Islands, wearing helmets on their way to class on June 30, 2025. - The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images ...

The 52-year-old said he is exhausted and frightened to sleep, as “endless” quakes rumble around Akusekijima in the Tokara Islands, which have endured more than 1,800 earthquakes in the past ...