It was 5 p.m. when my plane touched down onto the small airstrip at Tokunoshima, an island in Kagoshima Prefecture that, in its climate and fauna, bears a strong resemblance to nearby Okinawa.

As tensions run high with neighbours China, Russia and North Korea, the drill on the southwest island of Tokunoshima capped an 11-day series of exercises nationwide dubbed 05JX, meant to show the ...

Tokunoshima stands as a quiet anomaly in Japan, a country that has long grappled with one of the world’s lowest birth rates. With a fertility rate of just 1.37 — compared to 1.70 in the United ...

Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island is a terrestrial serial property covering 42,698 ha comprised of five component parts on four ...

Nearest airport to Tokunoshima Airport and Tokunoshima is Okino Erabu Airport - (49.02 Km / 30.46 Miles) Following are the nearest airports to Tokunoshima and Tokunoshima Airport. Distance between the ...

TOKUNOSHIMA, Kagoshima Pref. — When Tokunoshima, an island with about 26,000 residents officially governed by Kagoshima Prefecture but counted as part of the Satsunan Islands that lie closer to ...

Japan’s government will officially request this month that local authorities on the southern island of Tokunoshima accept a U.S. military base, the Asahi newspaper said, without citing anyone ...

TOKUNOSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture--Japanese marines in amphibious assault vehicles stormed an island beach at the edge of the East China Sea on Sunday in a simulated attack to dislodge invaders ...

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The drill on Tokunoshima island caps an 11-day series of exercises nationwide dubbed 05JX, meant to show the readiness of ground, sea and air forces to defend Japan's territory and infrastructure ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreAmami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island ...