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 ...

Amami-Oshima island (along with Tokunoshima and Iriomote islands) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021 owing to its unique and pristine natural environment.

It’s an unusual greeting, but one that speaks volumes about what the island most cherishes. Located in Kagoshima Prefecture, ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency stressed the typhoon’s slow pace at an earlier press conference, but said that southern Kyushu ...

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

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

Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential ...

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

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

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.