Kyushu

The epicentre was the Bungo Channel, a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku.

The eruption alert level has been raised to 5, the highest, with some areas advised to evacuate, authorities said.

Rescue teams search for people missing in landslides and residents grew weary of the continuing rain.

A week ago heavy rains lashed the resort city of Atami, triggering landslides that have killed at least nine people and left 20 missing.

Authorities urged early evacuation for more than 100,000 households in Japan's southern island.

Flooding and mudslides that began at the weekend have killed 21 people so far

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Parts of Fukuoka were hit by 774 mm (30.5 inches) of rain in nine hours on Wednesday, about 2.2 times the amount of rain that falls in a normal July.

The violent storm was moving north-northeast off the Tsushima islets chain near Japan's southern Kyushu, packing gusts of up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) per hour, Japan's weather agency said.

Japan was on alert for typhoon winds and heavy rain Saturday as the death toll from a devastating hurricane that hit the country's north earlier this week rose to 15.

A more powerful quake hit southern Japan early Saturday, April 16, 2016.

Nine people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, collapsing homes, sparking fires and injuring hundreds, officials said Friday.

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday, collapsing homes and sparking fires.

Engineers will spend several days bringing the newly restarted reactor up to operational level before running it commercially from November.

Japanese authorities advised 280,000 people to evacuate their homes as a typhoon lashed southern Kyushu island and western Japan on Tuesday.

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Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.