Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.

Following a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, a ferry carrying five evacuees left Akusekijima Island, part of that island chain, on Wednesday morning.

More than 1,700 earthquakes strong enough to be felt by humans have struck the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...

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 ...

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

A total of 46 evacuees left Akusekijima and Kodakarajima aboard a ferry Sunday morning after a series of strong earthquakes ...

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

An earthquake occurred in the seas near the Tokara Islands at 12:02 p.m. on Monday, and a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity ...

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

An earthquake shook southwestern Japan on Saturday, registering a magnitude of 5.4. As the disaster hit the region, it ...