Ogasawara
The Ogasawara (or Bonin) Islands lie between the Japanese mainland and the Marianas in the North Pacific. The first known inhabitants were a tiny group of American, European, and Pacific Isl...
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Hajime Suzuki, a conservation activist, is working to save the
critically endangered subspecies Japanese wood pigeon as his group
promotes a reserve program for the large birds endemic to the...
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A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live _ possibly for the first time _ and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said...
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Boy drowns during swim class in Ishikawa Pref.
KANAZAWA, Japan - An 11-year-old boy drowned during a swimming
lesson at an elementary school in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, and was...
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