TOKYO: Typhoon Krosa, also known as Typhoon No. 9, was slowly moving north-northwest on the Pacific Ocean south of Japan as of 9 a.m. Thursday (July 31), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency’s ...

The Earth's average temperature has increased by nearly 2 degrees since 1880, according to NASA. Other data corroborate that finding. However, some Facebook users claim a graph shows a Japanese island ...

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale on Friday struck off the Hachijojima Islands in Japan. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor occurred at around 1.20 p.m., ...

A 50 cm tsunami was recorded in Hachijojima’s Yaene on Tuesday morning after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck about 100 kilometers north of the volcanic Torishima Island, according to the ...

TOKYO: A small tsunami was observed on the remote Japanese island of Hachijojima on Tuesday (Sept 24), the weather agency said, after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Izu Islands chain.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hachijojima is an island shaped by volcanoes, softened by forests and warmed by the ocean. Located 55 minutes by plane from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, this subtropical island is often ...

The temblor occurred at 8:07 pm local time, measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Ogasawara village, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). An earthquake with a preliminary ...

TOKYO, July 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Tuesday struck off the east coast of Hachijojima Island of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency ...