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 shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family fled to ...

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 when the quakes will end.

A swarm of tremors is rocking a remote Japanese island chain. Experts say more could be coming. Here's what's behind the ...

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

Japanese authorities have evacuated a small island village after the region was jolted by over 1,000 earthquakes in less than ...

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.

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