In July 2021, a part of Amami Oshima, together with sites on three neighbouring islands, was registered as a Unesco World Heritage Site for its outstanding ecological significance.

Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases. The three suspects – Liao Zhibin ...

Following a similar flight route, on February 26, 2025, one BZK-005 reconnaissance drone and one GJ-2 reconnaissance/attack drone each flew to the waters off Amami Oshima.

Life is grim on Amami Oshima, an island in the typhoon-swept East China Sea, 200 miles southwest of Japan. The islanders are beset by leprosy, poverty, poisonous snakes, and fire.

The former duck hunting island was a destination for wealthy kiteboarders Point Buckler, Solano County, Calif. Courtesy of John Sweeney By Andrew Chamings, Editor-at-LargeJan 22, 2025 ...

Japan has been struck by an undersea earthquake measuring magnitude six. The quake’s epicentre was 10km under sea level, off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima Island, the country’s ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--With a new focus on “environmental culture,” the city-run Amami Museum here has regained popularity after renewing its exhibits this summer.

The Environment Ministry has declared the eradication of the mongoose, an invasive alien species that causes serious damage to local ecosystems, from the island of Amami-Oshima in Kagoshima ...

About 30 of the venom-resistant predators were released on Amami Oshima, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the late 1970s to keep down the population of habu, a pit viper whose bite can be deadly ...

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent years there painting its striking flora ...

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