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

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

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

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--More residents have decided to flee Akusekijima island after yet another strong earthquake.

The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major ...

Another nurse is scheduled to join a healthcare team on a remote southwestern Japanese island that has been rattled by a ...

Residents of a remote island chain in southwestern Japan have been evacuating as earthquakes continue, and a second group has ...

S/ Isowaki Takuma, KYT Reporter / A ferry carrying residents is now in view.A second batch of 46 people evacuating from ...

An island chain in southwest Japan was shaken by an earthquake on Thursday after over 1,000 tremors throughout two weeks.

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

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.