Jasmine Crain aspired to be like Tokara Henderson. At a summer tournament in 2020, Crain saw the tiny, energetic tennis star competing against men and defeating them. It didn’t matter that Henderson ...

School principal Yoshiro Tobo is one of the few people left on his remote Japanese island, where the earth is constantly shaking from earthquakes, having chosen to stay behind while his family are on ...

A remote island in southern Japan has been shaken by more than 900 earthquakes in the past two weeks, according to the country’s weather agency. The constant shaking has left residents scared and ...

More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been "very ...

Researchers from Uppsala University revealed the Tokara Leaf Warbler, a new bird species, on March 17 Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

An evacuation has begun as tremors intensify in and around Japan's southern islands of Toshima village, Kagoshima Prefecture. NHK World's Shimakawa Eisuke offers his analysis on the tremors and the ...

Akuseki Island, one of the Tokara Islands, is seen in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter. The island is a part of the village of Toshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Mainichi/Takeshi Noda) ...

A series of earthquakes has been shaking the seas near the Tokara islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since Saturday, with Japan’s Meteorological Agency warning that seismic activity remains elevated and ...

The nation’s top earthquake expert has dismissed claims circulating online that the recent chain of intense seismic activity off Kagoshima Prefecture's coast signals an impending Nankai Trough ...

No major damage has been reported in the Tokara island chain, Japan’s meteorological agency says More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote island chain in southern Japan in the past two weeks, ...

More than 2,000 earthquakes have rocked the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since June 21, in a continued period of seismic activity. From June 21 through the afternoon of July 18, there were 2 ...