Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000063637

Registered date
2015/2/06 20:47:16

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
2064 × 2239 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
608.11(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Joseon missions to Japan reenacted for 1st time in 3 yrs

Women in ethnic costumes parade on a street in Tsushima, an island city of Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015, as part of a reenactment, held for the first time in three years, of Joseon missions to Japan in the Edo period (1603-1867) sent by the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula. Some 300 people, including about 40 South Koreans, took part in the parade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor, empress visit north Japan area developed by returnees from Palau

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Kitaharao district of Zao, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was developed on June 17, 2015, by Japanese nationals who were repatriated from the southwestern Pacific island country of Palau after the end of World War II. This photo shows the imperial couple watching pictures of work in Palau under Japanese rule at that time. The couple visited Palau in April to pay respects to WWII victims. (Pool Phot by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Alpaca bites into big rice cake at eastern Japan zoo

A male alpaca bites into a big "kashiwa-mochi" rice cake wrapped in oak leaves at the Nasu Animal Kingdom in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on May 2, 2015. Kashiwa-mochi is a traditional Japanese rice cake eaten on Children's Day, May 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Woman recalls boat mission soldiers' suicide day after end of WWII

Sayoko Maeda recounts witnessing World War II suicide boat mission soldiers killing themselves with bombs in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, the day after Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces, as seen in this photo taken at her home in the prefectural city of Konan on Nov. 13, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Historic inn along Tokaido road shut after 366 years in business

Kazuhiro Aoki, the 19th-generation owner of the historic Japanese inn Ohashiya in Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, stands at the entrance to the time-honored inn on March 15, 2015, the day its 366-year business came to an end. Ohashiya is best known for being featured in the famous "ukiyoe" woodprint work of "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido" by Utagawa Hiroshige in the early 19th century. The inn will be donated to the city government for preservation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo