Seismic activity has been intensifying around the islands of Akusekijima and Kodakarajima in the island chain since June 21.

Additionally, Akusekijima was rocked by two more tremors overnight. The first, at 12:08 am, measured 4, followed by a ...

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

TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--More residents have decided to flee Akusekijima island after yet another strong earthquake. The latest temblor early on July 5 registered upper 5 on the Japanese ...

Kagoshima, July 4 (Jiji Press)--A dozen of residents left Akusekijima aboard a ship Friday morning after a powerful earthquake rocked the Tokara chain island in southwestern Japan the previous day ...

The second group of 31 individuals from Akusekijima and another 15 from Kodakarajima reached the city on Sunday. The officials say 23 people remain on Akusekijima while another 41 are on Kodakarajima.

Kagoshima, July 6 (Jiji Press)--A total of 46 evacuees left Akusekijima and Kodakarajima aboard a ferry Sunday morning after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the Tokara chain islands in the ...

A sparsely populated string of islands in southwest Japan has experienced more earthquakes than it has people over the past two weeks, recording more than 800 tremors strong enough to be felt on ...

On Friday, 13 residents evacuated the village of Toshima on Akusekijima and arrived at Kagoshima Port by ship, local media reported.

"It's very scary to even fall asleep," one resident said. "It feels like it's always shaking." "You can hear a strange roar from the ocean before the quakes hit, especially at night. It's eerie," ...

Japan began evacuating its citizens from the southwest islands on Friday amid recurring tremors. Authorities began evacuating residents from the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, one of the ...

"You can hear a strange roar from the ocean before the quakes hit, especially at night. It's eerie," Chizuko Arikawa from Akusekijima island told The Asahi Shimbun. "Everyone's exhausted.