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

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

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, ...

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

More than 1,700 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have struck the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

A total of 46 evacuees left Akusekijima and Kodakarajima aboard a ferry Sunday morning after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the Tokara chain islands in the village of Toshima, Kagoshima ...

Japanese authorities urged the 89 residents of a small southern island to evacuate after a strong earthquake on Thursday, the latest of more than 1,000 recent jolts to hit the area.

A ferry carrying 46 people from the islands of Akusekijima and Kodakarajima arrived at Kagoshima Port at around 5:40 p.m. on Sunday, hours after the vessel operated by the village of Toshima departed.

Akusekijima Island in the Tokara island chain is seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter in this April 2008 file photo. (Mainichi/Takeshi Noda) TOKYO -- An earthquake swarm has hit close to ...

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 ...