Oshima Island, Kagawa Pref. – Even in the shade of a pine grove on the small island of Oshima in Kagawa Prefecture, the summer heat is oppressive. Cicadas cry so piercingly that they drown out the ...

Tokyo: Following a massive undersea volcanic eruption in the island country of Tonga, Tsunami was observed in the southern Japanese island of Amami-Oshima and many other places along the country's ...

Samples of the "Maya nyamber card" are seen at Amami City Hall in Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 21, 2023. (Mainichi/Kazuaki Kanda) AMAMI, Kagoshima -- Local authorities on Amami-Oshima Island in ...

A powerful earthquake shook buildings in Tokyo early on Monday, AFP reporters in the Japanese capital said, but officials said there was no risk of a tsunami. The death toll from a typhoon that ...

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 as ...

An aerial view shows collapsed houses following a landslide caused by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima island, south of Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Oct. 16, 2013. Reuters/Kyodo Update as of 5:02 ...

AMAMI-OSHIMA ISLAND, Kagoshima Prefecture--In her paintings, Mirocomachiko depicts animals and plants in bold strokes and dazzling colors that are at once humorous and mysterious, yet child-like and ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima -- A record 1,087 humpback whales in 670 pods were observed migrating to waters off Amami-Oshima island in the southwest Japan prefecture of Kagoshima between December 2020 and March ...

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Amami Oshima is the largest of the eight Amami Islands, an archipelago lying southwest of Kyushu and part of Kagoshima Prefecture. In July 2021, Amami Oshima and the neighboring Tokunoshima were added ...

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 and ...