Ogasawara

Rats are gone so warblers return to Nishijima island
A long-beaked bush warbler (Provided by Forestry and Forestry Products Research Institute)
September 24, 2011
A rare species of warbler has returned to Nishijima island in the Ogasawara island chain, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, after...
A glimpse of pristine nature in the Ogasawara...
A white beach on the Sakai-ura coast of Ogasawara's Chichijima islands. Seen offshore are remains of a ship that was sunk by U.S. forces in World War II. (Gen Hashimoto)
August 23, 2011
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee added Tokyo's Ogasawara islands to its list of World Natural Heritage sites at its meeting in Paris on June 23.
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