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 ...

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

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 ...

In Akusekijima, the seismic impact reached a significant 6-lower on Japan's 7-point intensity scale. Meanwhile, nearby Kodakarajima experienced a 3 on the scale, with tremors of varying strengths ...

The evacuees -- 31 people from Akusekijima and 15 from Kodakarajima -- will stay in hotels or at the homes of relatives. Seismic activity has remained high around the two islands in the Tokara ...

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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 ...

As of noon Dec. 9, Akusekijima island had 64 residents and 12 visiting construction workers. Of that figure, 73 people evacuated to the elementary and junior high school playground on the island.

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.

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 ...

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 ...