An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 hit south-western Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The earthquake's epicentre was off the coast of the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture, nearly 1,200 kilometres away from Tokyo, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been ...

Those living on the remote islands anxious and fearful of what might happen, and the national weather service has no idea when the quakes will end.