Ogasawara islands

Tokyo estimates giant quake would kill 1,774...
The Asahi Shimbun
May 15, 2013
Nearly 1,800 islanders would likely perish if a massive earthquake struck along the Nankai Trough on the Pacific side of Japan's mainland, a study says.
Abe to visit Chichijima amid treaty ceremony...
The Ogasawara island chain, with Chichijima island in the background (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 11, 2013
Plans by the Japanese government to hold a ceremony commemorating the San Francisco Peace Treaty on April 28 are facing criticism from islands that were forsaken in the...
Deep-sea giant squid captured on video for first...
A silvery giant squid is captured on video for the first time. (Provided by Japan Broadcasting Corp. (C) NHK/ NEP/ DISCOVERY CHANNEL)
January 07, 2013
A team led by Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) has shot the first videos of the elusive giant squid, the largest invertebrate on the planet, in its natural environment.
'Extinct' shearwater species found in Ogasawara...
A protected shearwater in Chichijima island, part of the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo, in 2005 (Provided by the Institute of Boninology)
February 08, 2012
A species of shearwater thought to have been extinct for 20 years has been discovered in the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.
Tourism up, common sense down, on Ogasawara islands
Greenery on the mountain is recovering on Mimamijima island in Ogasawara. (Yusuke Fukui)
November 12, 2011
OGASAWARA ISLANDS--With its listing as a World Natural Heritage site, the Ogasawara island chain has faced an inevitable surge in tourists--and among them visitors lacking...
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