Nearly 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have recently struck around a southwestern Japanese island chain.

Monday marks one month since seismic activity intensified in the sea around the Tokara island chain in southwestern Japan, ...

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

TOKYO -- A record 740 earthquakes have been recorded off the coast of the Tokara island chain in southwest Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture in the last 10 days, the weather agency announced July 1.

The Tokara Islands in southern Japan have experienced a wave of more than 1,200 earthquakes since late June, with some ...

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

Following a series of ominous rumblings, the volcanic island of Miyakejima in the Izu island chain spat a huge plume of smoke in 2000.

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

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' ...

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

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4:13 p.m. Thursday, according to the Meteorological Agency. Authorities said there was no risk of a tsunami and ...