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

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

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

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

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

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