A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, triggering concerns amidst viral rumors of a predicted mega-disaster on ...

In response to the increased seismic activity, officials have urged the 89 residents of one of the smaller islands in the ...

Akuseki is part of the Tokara island chain south of Kyushu region, which has been rattled by 1,031 quakes since June 21 ...

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Kyoto-based academic German Cheung adopted a "better safe than sorry" approach to the prospect of an ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit south-western Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Viral rumors of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan’s tourism boom, with ...

TOTTORI—An unfounded rumor of an impending major earthquake in Japan has forced international flights between Yonago Kitaro ...

Japan has seen record tourist arrivals for the year. However an earlier Bloomberg article noted that holiday bookings dropped ...

Residents were urged to leave their homes and evacuate to “a school playground in Akuseki Island”, a municipal official told ...

she claimed the next big earthquake would occur on 5 July this year. These speculations have alarmed some tourists, with several media reporting a large number of trip cancellations. The vast majority ...

TOKYO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 struck Akusekijima in Toshima village of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture on Thursday, the country's weather agency said. The ...

A remote island chain in southern Japan has experienced more than 900 earthquakes since June 21, leaving residents anxious ...