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

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

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.

The late Toshimi Shimono (1929-2022), a renowned Japanese folklorist and leading authority on the folk traditions of southern ...

Weather officials in Japan say the number of tremors that can be felt by humans has topped 2,000 around the Tokara island ...

An earthquake occurred in the seas near the Tokara Islands at 12:02 p.m. on Monday, and a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity of 7 was recorded at Akusekijima Island.

Additionally, Akusekijima was rocked by two more tremors overnight. The first, at 12:08 am, measured 4, followed by a slightly stronger quake at 12:12 am, which registered a lower 5 on the intensity ...

The repeated tremors, some strong enough to topple furniture and make it hard to stand, have left the island community exhausted and frightened ...

ANKARA . Japan began evacuating its citizens from the southwest islands on Friday amid recurring tremors. Authorities began evacuating residents from the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, one of ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been "very ...