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Japan Times
7 days ago
- Japan Times
Evacuees from quake-hit Tokara Islands to return
Evacuees from the Tokara Islands, hit by a series of earthquakes, are expected to head home starting as early as Friday night, local officials said Tuesday. There are currently nine evacuees from the Tokara Islands off Kagoshima Prefecture, including Akuseki Island, according to authorities of Toshima, a village that includes the islands. Seismic activity near the islands has slowed in recent days, paving the way for the islanders to return, the officials of the village said. The village government is considering providing subsidies for livelihood support to all households on Akuseki Island and also Kodakara Island, another island in the Tokara chain. There have been over 2,200 earthquakes strong enough to be felt around the Tokara Islands since seismic activity intensified on June 21. The biggest was a quake measuring lower 6, the third highest on the Japanese scale, that struck on July 3. The number of earthquakes has lowered since Thursday. But the Meteorological Agency has warned people to stay alert for an earthquake around lower 6.
NHK
03-07-2025
- Climate
- NHK
People in Japan's Toshima Village warned of more strong quakes
The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging people in the southwestern island village of Toshima to stay vigilant against more strong tremors for the time being. A powerful quake jolted the village's island of Akusekijima on Thursday afternoon, registering an intensity of lower 6 on the country's scale of zero to 7. It is the largest on record in the village. Akusekijima forms part of an archipelago called the Tokara Islands. Agency officials say the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5, struck near the Tokara Islands at a depth of 20 kilometers. Seismic activity has heightened around Akusekijima and Kodakarajima, another of the village's islands, since June 21. As of 4 a.m. on Friday, 1,139 quakes had taken place with an intensity of 1 or greater. Agency officials say the risk of mudslides in Toshima is higher than normal because the ground has likely loosened. They plan to reduce, by 30 percent from usual levels, criteria for issuing heavy-rain advisories and warnings as well as mudslide alerts for the village. The officials are calling on residents to be on the alert for more quakes with an intensity of up to around lower 6 and rain that could cause mudslides and level homes. The officials say they cannot be sure when the succession of quakes will end.
NHK
03-07-2025
- NHK
Residents to evacuate from quake-hit Japanese island village of Toshima
Officials of Japan's southwestern island village of Toshima have decided to evacuate residents amid a series of earthquakes. Village Mayor Kubo Genichiro spoke online at a meeting of Kagoshima Prefecture's disaster response taskforce on Thursday. A strong tremor rocked Akusekijima, an island of the village, on the same day, registering an intensity of lower 6 on the country's scale of zero to 7. Kubo said Toshima officials will transport by sea those residents who want to evacuate to Kagoshima City. Toshima officials say the first group will travel on a village-run ferry. The ship left Naze Port on the island of Amami Oshima at about 2 a.m. on Friday. It will visit the village's seven inhabited islands en route to Kagoshima Port. Amami Oshima is located about 120 kilometers south of Akusekijima. The officials say 13 individuals up to the age of 80 are hoping to evacuate from Akusekijima. The ship is scheduled to reach Kagoshima shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday. The evacuees will stay in accommodation in the city. The officials say the evacuation is expected to last about a week. They say residents from other islands may also be evacuated. Seismic activity has heightened around Akusekijima and Kodakarajima since June 21, with over 1,000 quakes of an intensity of 1 or greater being observed. Akusekijima and Kodakarajima are part of an archipelago called the Tokara Islands. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Thursday's lower-6 quake is the first with such an intensity to be recorded in the village since comparable data became available in 1919. Toshima officials carried out similar evacuations in December 2021 after a quake with an intensity of upper 5 rocked Akusekijima.
03-06-2025
- Lifestyle
Authentic Regional Ramen in Tokyo: The 2025 Guide
Unraveling the history of Japan's various regional takes on the classic dish of ramen serves up a taste of local history. For example, people living in frigid Hokkaidō mixed rich miso and lard into their ramen to warm up. People in Kyūshū developed tonkotsu pork bone broth ramen with influence from a local abundance of pig farms. No matter where you get it, the real joy of regional ramen is the tastes of the diverse ingredients and clever adaptations that helped birth local variations. There are so many ramen styles across Japan that there simply is no room to list them all, but below are some major styles. Until recently, aficionados had to travel to each region to get a taste of their local ramen, but now it's as simple as making your way around Tokyo. In 2025, Japan's capital has a wide selection of authentic regional shops. Here, we offer up a few of those many shops carefully selected and approved by true locals. Click the links for details. Ramen from Hokkaidō/Tōhoku Sapporo-style miso ramen: Ōshima (Funabori, Edogawa); Aomori-style niboshi ramen: Nagao Chūkasoba (Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda); Fukushima-style Shirakawa ramen: Mensōan Sunada (Sugamo, Toshima) Ramen from Kantō/Chūbu Niigata-style shōga-jōyu ramen: Aoshima Shokudō (Kanda Sakumachō, Chiyoda); Yokohama-style iekei ramen: Kan2ya (Nishi Kamata, Ōta); Nagoya-style Taiwan ramen: Kaku Masayoshi Misen (Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda, and Shinbashi, Minato) Ramen from Kansai/Chūgoku Kyoto-style shōyu ramen: Honke Daiichi Asahi (Shinjuku, Shinjuku and Kanda Jinbōchō, Chiyoda); Hiroshima-style shirunashi tantanmen : King-ken (Kajichō, Chiyoda) Ramen from Shikoku/Kyūshū/Okinawa Tokushima-style ramen: Haruma (Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku); Hakata-style ramen: Tanaka Shōten (Hitotsuya, Adachi) (Originally published in Japanese. Banner photo: A careful selection of regional ramen available in Tokyo. © Yamakawa Daisuke.)
