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1,221 bird species threatened with extinction

1,221 bird species threatened with extinction

TOKYO, Japan - The Okinawa rail, a nearly flightless bird endemic to Okinawa island, is among 1,221 bird species considered threatened with extinction in a report released by BirdLife International, a bird conservation group based in Cambridge, England. The population of Okinawa rail is estimated at between 1,200 and 1,680, confined to the Yambaru area in northern Okinawa. According to BirdLife, 83 bird species in Japan are threatened or near threatened with extinction out of approximately 10,000 bird species in the world.

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Top hills of Happo-One piste

Top hills of Happo-One piste

The photo shows the top hills of the Happo-One piste in the ski resort village of Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, the site of the men's downhill course in the Nagano Winter Olympics next February. Olympic organizers gave the green light Dec. 1 to raising the starting point of the course from 1,680 to 1,765 meters above sea level.

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