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

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

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

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

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 ...

Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated to Kagoshima City and other locations ...

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

Following a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, a ferry carrying five evacuees left Akusekijima Island, part of that island chain, yesterday. The five evacuees, ...

There have been no reports of damage however authorities have advised residents to prepare to move to safety if needed.

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.

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Akusekijima Island, part of Toshima Village in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...