On Friday morning, residents of the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, part of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture, departed by ship, heading to the city of Kagoshima, where they are ...

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 ...