Kagoshima
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Japan In FocusKagoshima: Japan Festival Parades Giant Puppet Bearing Swords, Bushy Eyebrows
SOO, Kagoshima — A giant puppet, rising to a height of nearly five meters, was paraded through th...
November 22, 2025
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General NewsTyphoon Nakri Heading Toward Izu Island Chain; Islands Still Recovering from Previous Typhoon
Typhoon Nakri moved closer to Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Saturday morning. Th...
October 11, 2025
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General NewsBritish Fighter Jet Makes Emergency Landing at Kagoshima Airport
KAGOSHIMA (Jiji Press) — A British military fighter jet made an emergency landing at Kagoshima Ai...
August 11, 2025
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General NewsMt. Shinmoedake on Kagoshima, Miyazaki Prefs. Border Erupts, Sending over 3,000-meter High Ash Plume
Mt. Shinmoedake, located on the border between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in the Kirishim...
August 10, 2025
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General NewsResidents of Akusekijima Island in Southwestern Japan Still Concerned About Earthquakes After Strong Tremors Hit 1 Month Ago
AKUSEKIJIMA ISLAND, Kagoshima — Sunday marked one month since strong earthquakes that reached low...
August 3, 2025
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Japan In FocusKagoshima: Zoo Succeeds in Breeding Rare Spiny Rats, Endangered Spieces
KAGOSHIMA — Hirakawa Zoo in Kagoshima has successfully bred Amami togenezumi, or Amami spiny rats...
August 2, 2025
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General News16 Akusekijima Residents Return to Island; Others May Return Friday as Quakes Continue
KAGOSHIMA — Some of the residents of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture who had evacuated...
July 17, 2025
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ScienceUndersea Magma, Water May Be Inducing Quakes Around Tokara Islands; Lack of Instruments Nearby Limits Data
The detailed mechanism for the succession of earthquakes occurring off the Tokara Islands in Kago...
July 10, 2025
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General NewsHealth, Mental Fatigue Observed Amid Successive Tokara Islands Quakes; Medical Concern over Anxiety, Appetite Effects
KAGOSHIMA — Thursday marks one week since an earthquake measuring lower 6 on the Japanese seismic...
July 10, 2025
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General News5 More Residents Evacuate Akusekijima Island to Avoid Earthquakes off Kagoshima Pref.; Period of Evacuation Remains Uncertain
TOSHIMA, Kagoshima — Following a series of earthquakes off the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefec...
July 9, 2025
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General NewsMore Residents to Evacuate from Japan’s Akusejikima Island After Series of Quakes; Tremors Continue Near Area
KAGOSHIMA — More residents of Akusekijima Island are to be evacuated in response to a series of e...
July 8, 2025
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General NewsM4.5 Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Tokara Islands; No Tsunami Threat, Agency Says
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.5 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at ar...
July 8, 2025
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General NewsM4.5 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tokara Islands; Seismic Intensity Scale of 4 Recorded at Akusekijima Island
An earthquake occurred in the seas near the Tokara Islands at 12:02 p.m. on Monday, and a 4 on th...
July 7, 2025
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General News
Upper-5 Quakes Strike Akusekijima Island in Rapid Succession; Authorities Call on Residents to Be on Alert
Earthquakes struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 2:04 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. on Sunday...
July 6, 2025
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General NewsM4.4 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Tokara Islands; No Tsunami Threat, Says JMA
An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at ab...
July 6, 2025
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Over 300 Earthquakes Rumble in Sea Off Japan’s Kagoshima Pref. Islands, Putting Residents on Alert
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M5.1 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture Islands
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More Residents to Evacuate from Japan’s Akusejikima Island After Series of Quakes; Tremors Continue Near Area
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M5.2 Earthquake Hits Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture
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Undersea Magma, Water May Be Inducing Quakes Around Tokara Islands; Lack of Instruments Nearby Limits Data