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Strong magnitude 6 earthquake rocks Japan 10km under sea level
and the Tokara Islands. Japan sits in a very seismologically active area and is frequently hit by earthquakes. The quake happened months after Japanese authorities warned of a potential ...
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Strong quake felt across island chain in southern Japan
TOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--A magnitude-6.0 quake jolted an island chain in southern Japan where more than 200 temblors have occurred in recent days. The Dec. 9 quake off the Tokara islands ...
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‘Bird Island’ nature reserve a piece of paradise south of Tokyo
The center’s nickname derives from the Izu thrush, or “akakokko” in Japanese, a member of the thrush family that only breeds on the Izu and Tokara island chains. The latter is located in ...
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Victims of little-known WWII maritime tragedy gone but not forgotten
In August 1944, the Tsushima Maru was torpedoed close to the Tokara Islands in southwestern Japan en route to Nagasaki from Okinawa while complying with a government evacuation order. A little over a ...