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 ...

Officials also said linear rainbands could hit the Amami islands of Kagoshima and southern Kyushu from the evening of Sept. 17 through the following morning, raising the danger level for flooding ...

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

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 ...

direct flights take about two and a half hours.

Want to hire a car for almost a month? Often, car rental companies in Amami Islands avoid costly admin in between pick-ups by hiring out cars for longer periods. So see if monthly car hire is cheaper ...

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

TOKYO, January 15. /TASS/. Tsunami has reached the Amami Islands, with the waves of about 1.2 meters, the NHK TV channel reported on Saturday. There were no immediate reports about damage.

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

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 ...

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And this next one that I picked to show you comes from Marin Naruse of the Amami Islands off southern Japan. She’s actually a professional singer and cultural ambassador for the region.