The Ogasawara islands are a subtropical chain located about 1,000 kilometers south of the Japanese mainland. The name ...

Yakushima is a UNESCO World Heritage site, famous for its ancient cedar forests and diverse wildlife. The island's lush greenery and peaceful surroundings make it an ideal place for nature-based ...

What's the Bonin Islands? / Kazuto Kawakami -- Impacts of invasive alien species on native ecosystems on the Bonin Islands / Naoki Kachi -- The cause of mollusk decline on the Ogasawara Islands / ...

The Bonin Islands earthquake, which ruptured 1000 kilometers offshore of Japan in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean, is one of the deepest and largest earthquakes ever recorded. The earthquake took ...

Kyoto, Japan -- When classifying two species of the same flowering plant, the similarities and differences between them are considered. Two Ochrosia species, O nakaiana and O hexandra, endemic to the ...

“Now that it’s visible,” Yuji Usui, a senior analyst for volcanic activity at the Japan Meteorological Agency, told the NYT, “people are paying attention.” It’s a fascinating glimpse into the ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 112 km (70 miles) southeast of Japan's Bonin islands on Friday, about 1,000 km south of the capital Tokyo, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

FEB. 19, 1945 -- UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Guam, (Monday) -- (AP) -- Iwo Jima's coastal defense were further shattered Sunday in the third straight day of bombardment of the ...