Japan evacuates small island village after over 1,000 quakes hit region - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake triggers evacuation ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

On March 26, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa began with the U.S. landing on Aka Island, one of the small islands in the Kerama Islands chain. That day, ... THE JAPAN TIMES LTD.