Vastly different variations in local forms of speech have been a mainstay of Okinawa and the nearby Amami islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since olden times. They are said to have branched off from ...

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 ...

A UNESCO advisory body called the International Union for Conservation of Nature recommended adding the islands of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the northern part of ...

direct flights take about two and a half hours.

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

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including Okinawa and Amami regions over the weekend, bringing severe weather conditions. About Typhoon Bebinca The 13th ...

They were headed to the Amami Rift hydrothermal vent field ... Hydrothermal vents were first discovered in 1977 near the Galapagos Islands and have since been studied because of their extreme ...

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

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Sprawling beaches, rich cultures and untouched pockets of wilderness are just a few alluring characteristics of the best islands in the world. According to experts and U.S. News readers ...