The island is called Okunoshima, located in the Inland Sea of Japan. It once had a dark history - being home to the production of poisonous gas during World War 2. Tourists can play and feed the ...

TAKEHARA, Hiroshima Prefecture—An animal-cruelty suspect has indicated responsibility for the deaths of dozens of rabbits on Okunoshima island, a wartime weapons production site that is now a ...

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture ... on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning.

Drone footage from Japan has captured a rare moment, when a volcanic eruption gives birth to a new island. The unnamed undersea volcano started its latest eruptions on 21 October. In early ...