AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--The Environment Ministry said Sept. 3 it has eliminated all invasive mongooses from Amami-Oshima island here, describing the eradication program as a “worldwide ...

They were headed to the Amami Rift hydrothermal vent field, an area where extremely hot water heated by magma bursts from the ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off Amami-Oshima island. The damage was found in a ...

Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture has officially declared the eradication of invasive mongooses, completing the removal of ...

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 ...

Amami Oshima Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture receives one of the largest amounts of rain in Japan. Its rainy season, which runs from May through June, in particular, provides enough water to ...

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GENEVA: Amid efforts by Bangladesh's interim government to bring ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina back from India, top UN officials said the issue of extradi ...

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting ...