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.

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

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

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

No tsunami have been observed, and there have been no reports of damage. The waters surrounding the Tokara Islands -- a group of 12 islets located between Yakushima and Amami Oshima islands -- have ...

Following a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, a ferry carrying five evacuees left ...

Japan pressed forward with the evacuation of residents living across the southwestern Tokara Island chain as a series of ...

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 ...

The U.S. Geological Survey registered a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday afternoon in the Tokara Islands, a string of 12 islands between Japan’s main island and Okinawa.

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

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...