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 ...

Authorities are warning of more earthquakes around the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. 1,900 ...

Japan was shaken by a swarm of 19 earthquakes in less than 17 hours. While most of the tremors were mild, one reached a ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a maximum seismic intensity of 3 in one instance, with the remaining tremors being ...

Japan’s Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture have been rattled by more than 2,000 earthquakes since June 21, marking the ...

Japan is facing a seismic crisis. Over 1,700 earthquakes have rocked the Tokara Islands, triggering evacuations and raising ...

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

Japan’s weather agency has logged at least four ‘felt quakes’ in the area with an intensity of 4 on the country’s Shindo ...

Over 60 residents from the islands of Akuseki and Kodakara in the Tokara chain have evacuated. They left in early July after ...

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