TOKYO: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled the southwestern island region of Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday (May 20), with no tsunami warning issued, Kyodo News ...

A magnitude 5.9-earthquake struck the Amami and Okinawa regions at around 11:46AM on May 20.An earthquake recording a ...

For the first time in 62 years, a region other than Okinawa Prefecture or the Amami islands in far southern Japan is in the ...

Amami Ōshima is a treasure trove of unspoiled natural wonders, including extensive primeval forests with abundant mangroves and ferns, making for a natural environment teeming with rare insects and ...

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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 ...

I was born in 1953, the year the Amami Islands, my birthplace, reverted to Japanese rule after postwar administration by the United States. At that time, Japan’s main islands were going full-tilt into ...

A research team has analyzed bone tissues of the Japanese endemic Amami rabbit, a nationally designated Special Natural Monument. The study revealed for the first time that this species grows at an ...

Current time and date at Amami O Shima Airport is 12:08:14 PM (JST) on Sunday, Dec 21, 2025 Looking for information on Amami O Shima Airport, Amami O Shima, Japan? Know about Amami O Shima Airport in ...

For any mammal, the loss of the Y chromosome should mean the loss of males and the demise of the species. So how the Amami spiny rat manages without a Y chromosome has puzzled biologists for decades.

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

Cross-sections of the tibia (shin bone) of the Amami rabbit (left) and the Japanese hare (right), showing multiple growth arrest lines (red) in the Amami rabbit. The presence of many such lines—even ...