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 ...

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.

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

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

Authorities are warning of more earthquakes around the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. 1,900 tremors perceptible to humans have hit the region in recent weeks.

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.

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 ...

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

As of the morning of June 26, 474 such earthquakes had been observed around the Tokara island chain. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the Meteorological Agency. Authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami and ...