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 ...

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 ...

A UNESCO advisory body called the International Union for Conservation of Nature recommended adding the islands of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the northern part of ...

Lebbeus parvirostris has an “orange-red” body and legs, with the only deviation in color coming in its cornea, a brown color, according to the study.

Tokyo: Japan's weather agency on Wednesday issued a warning as Typhoon Bebinca is expected to approach the country's island ...

But it wasn’t just the natural beauty that drew her to this remote corner of Japan; it was something she had learned, ...

In Kagoshima's Amami region and the northern part of the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, warm and humid air flowed in ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The general in charge of the Marine Corps’ Indo-Pacific field command recently visited Ishigaki island ...

The Meteorological Agency urged people in the affected region to be on high alert for landslides, inundation of low-lying ...

The Amami Rift is off the southwest coast of Japan, just north of the island of Amami Ōshima. The research team includes Tomoyuki Komai and Chong Chen. Irene Wright is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter.

Tokunoshima lies between Okinawa to the south and Amami Ōshima to the north. The name, shortened to “Kodakara,” was coined in 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the island’s airport.