AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off Amami-Oshima island. The damage was found in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The rat is about 9-16 centimeters long and has spiny hairs among its brown and black fur. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Some areas felt the quake as a magnitude two or three, including Amami City and Kagoshima City. There was no immediate report of a tsunami warning, but large undersea earthquakes bring the risk of ...

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The storm peaked at a strength equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday and Wednesday, sideswiping Amami Oshima Island ... to be piled into the Bay of Kagoshima, which may cause inundation ...

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 ...