Residents of an island in Japan''s southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima have begun evacuating on Friday amid a series of earthquakes, local media reported.

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

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.