High-grade gold ore found off remote island south of Tokyo

High-grade gold ore found off remote island south of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - An illustration shows the location of Aogashima Island (arrow) in the Pacific. A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo said on June 2, 2016 that it discovered high-grade gold ore in 2015 in a hydrothermal deposit at an underwater volcanic crater off Aogashima Island in the Izu Island chain over 350 kilometers south of Tokyo.(Kyodo)

Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) is pressed by reporters April 11 for comments about his request made April 9 to the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) to control possible rioting by Koreans and other foreigners in Japan following a major earthquake. Ishihara was questioned by reporters at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward after he returned from an inspection tour of Aogashima and Hachijojima islands, which lie south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.

Researchers find high-grade gold ore in waters south of Tokyo

Researchers find high-grade gold ore in waters south of Tokyo

Akira Asada, a professor of the University of Tokyo, who leads a research team, attends a press conference in Tokyo on June 2, 2016, to announce that the team has discovered high-grade gold ore on a seabed off Aogashima, a remote island located south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

Tokyo governor questioned about anti-foreigner remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) is pressed by reporters April 11 for comments about his request made April 9 to the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) to control possible rioting by Koreans and other foreigners in Japan following a major earthquake. Ishihara was questioned by reporters at a heliport in Tokyo's Koto Ward after he returned from an inspection tour of Aogashima and Hachijojima islands, which lie south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean.