Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

3 it has eliminated all invasive mongooses from Amami-Oshima island here, describing the eradication program as a “worldwide unprecedented achievement in protecting biodiversity.” For years ...

Lying off the coast of Fukui Prefecture, tiny Oshima Island comes alive with birdlife in the early summer. Oriental reed warblers rest in the grasslands near the shore while Narcissus flycatchers ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

when it was sailing some 2.5 kilometers off Oshima island in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyodo News reported, citing the local coast guard and fire department. Ukushima's crew evacuated to another MSDF ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Nature photographer Mamoru Tsuneda has a love affair with Amami-Oshima island, where he was born and raised. The island in Kagoshima Prefecture was recently recognized ...

Back in 1979, several so-called Amami rabbits (Pentalagus furnessi) were discovered on the Japanese island of Amami Oshima, ...

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According to local records, the Bushu Maru left a port on Amami-Oshima Island on Sept. 25, 1944, carrying evacuees from Tokunoshima Island. It was sunk later that night on its way to the ...

LIHUE — The Matsuri Kauai, open to the public with free admission, is just one of the fruits of the sister city relationship with Suo Oshima. The students on stage will be the next people ...

Barakan Discovers Amami Oshima: Isson's Treasure Island is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...