Japan: Typhoon Brings Strong Winds to Ogasawara Islands

Typhoon Krosa brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to the Ogasawara Islands, located approximately 1,000 kilometers south of mainland Japan (Tokyo), on Monday, July 28, as it approached the archipelago. Krosa is forecast to come closest to the islands on Tuesday.

Japan: Typhoon Jebi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Ogasawara Islands

On Monday, September 30, Typhoon Jebi brought strong winds, high waves, and heavy rain to the Ogasawara Islands, located 1,000 km south-southeast of Tokyo, as it moved north across the North Pacific Ocean.

Japan: Typhoon Jebi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Ogasawara Islands 3

On Monday, September 30, Typhoon Jebi brought strong winds, high waves, and heavy rain to the Ogasawara Islands, located 1,000 km south-southeast of Tokyo, as it moved north across the North Pacific Ocean.

Japan: Typhoon Jebi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Ogasawara Islands 2

On Monday, September 30, Typhoon Jebi brought strong winds, high waves, and heavy rain to the Ogasawara Islands, located 1,000 km south-southeast of Tokyo, as it moved north across the North Pacific Ocean.

Japan: Tropical Storm Ampil Brings High Winds To Ogasawara Islands

Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday afternoon, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

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Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday afternoon, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

Japan: Tropical Storm Ampil Brings High Winds To Ogasawara Islands 2

Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday afternoon, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

Japan: Tropical Storm Ampil Brings High Winds To Ogasawara Islands 4

Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday afternoon, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

Japan: Tropical Storm Ampil Brings High Winds To Ogasawara Islands 5

Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday afternoon, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

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Winds picked up in Ogasawara Islands Wednesday, August 14 as Tropical Storm Ampil approached. The storm is expected to get closest to the archipelago early evening to the evening. It is forecast to intensify into a typhoon as it keeps moving northward toward the Kanto region.

Drill held on Japan island for illegal landing, fishing

Drill held on Japan island for illegal landing, fishing

TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo - Participants arrive on Chichijima Island in the Pacific on June 2, 2015, for the first Japan Coast Guard-Metropolitan Police Department joint training drill to prevent illegal landing and fishing by foreign nationals. The drill follows an increase in Chinese vessels spotted poaching red coral since September 2014.

Man seeks to rid isle of feral cats to protect rare birds

Man seeks to rid isle of feral cats to protect rare birds

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Kuniyoshi changes baits in a gin trap set up to capture feral cats on Chichijima island in the Ogasawara Islands chain in the Pacific far to the south of Japan on Dec. 7, 2014, to protect rare local birds.

Defense Minister Onodera interviewed about Osprey

Defense Minister Onodera interviewed about Osprey

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (C) responds to reporters in Ogasawara village, Chichijima island, south of Tokyo, on July 28, 2014, upon arrival aboard an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The Osprey is to be used to transport emergency patients if it is commissioned for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. (Pool photo)

Defense Minister Onodera arrives on remote isle by Osprey

Defense Minister Onodera arrives on remote isle by Osprey

TOKYO, Japan - Residents of Chichijima island welcome Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (4th from R) in the village of Ogasawara on the tiny island south of Tokyo on July 28, 2014, upon arrival aboard an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The Osprey is to be used to transport emergency patients if it is commissioned for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. (Pool photo)

PM Abe visits Chichijima island

PM Abe visits Chichijima island

CHICHIJIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (back C, standing) exchanges views with residents on Chichijima, a Pacific island that belongs to Japan, on April 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

PM Abe visits Chichijima island

PM Abe visits Chichijima island

CHICHIJIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is greeted by residents of Chichijima, a Pacific island that belongs to Japan, on April 14, 2013. (Pool photo)

New Japan minesweeper

New Japan minesweeper

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The 570-ton Chichijima, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new minesweeper, takes to water after a launching ceremony in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2011.

43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

CHICHIJIMA, Japan - Local residents perform during a festival on June 25, 2011, on Chichijima, part of the Ogasawara island chain that was newly recognized as a World Heritage site, to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the returning of the island to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. rule. Chichijima was returned to Japan on June 26, 1968.

Ogasawara Islands become World Heritage site

Ogasawara Islands become World Heritage site

OGASAWARA, Japan - Kazuo Morishita (2nd from R), mayor of the village of Ogasawara, watches the unveiling of a wooden monument commemorating the registration of the Ogasawara island chain as a World Heritage site by UNESCO on Chichijima, one of the islands, on June 24, 2011.

Ogasawara Islands to be World Heritage sites

Ogasawara Islands to be World Heritage sites

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2007 shows Futami port on Chichijima Island, part of the Ogasawara Islands off Tokyo. An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended registering the islands and the Hiraizumi area in northeastern Japan as World Heritage sites, the Japanese government said May 7, 2011.

Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

MINAMIIZU, Japan - High waves strike the coast of Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25. Typhoon Banyan was located about 550 kilometers west northwest of Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara island chain in the Pacific at 6 p.m. and was heading north at about 30 km per hour. Banyan is expected to close in on the Pacific coast of central and eastern Japan on late July 26.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a Chichijima Island beach in Tokyo's Ogasawara village on July 16, 2021, a week before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a Chichijima Island beach in Tokyo's Ogasawara village on July 16, 2021, a week before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

WWII Japanese soldier's family reads picture journal

WWII Japanese soldier's family reads picture journal

In April 2015, Hisae Yasugi and her husband in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, read a picture journal written and drawn by Hisae's late father and former Japanese soldier Toshio Yasugi, depicting life on Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean. Toshio was stationed on the island as a member of the Japanese infantry during and shortly after World War II. The journal has been kept at Hisae's home in the western Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Life on Chichijima during WWII depicted in picture journal

Life on Chichijima during WWII depicted in picture journal

Photo shows part of Toshio Yasugi's picture journal depicting life on Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II. Yasugi was stationed on the island as a member of the Japanese infantry during and shortly after the war. The journal has been kept at the home of Yasugi's daughter Hisae in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

War-end memorial service on Chichijima depicted in journal

War-end memorial service on Chichijima depicted in journal

Photo shows part of Toshio Yasugi's picture journal depicting a memorial service for war dead held on Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean, on Aug. 15, 1945, the day the emperor announced via radio Japan's surrender in World War II. Yasugi was stationed on the island as a member of the Japanese infantry during and shortly after the war. The journal has been kept at the home of Yasugi's daughter Hisae in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

WWII landing on Chichijima depicted in picture journal

WWII landing on Chichijima depicted in picture journal

Photo shows part of Toshio Yasugi's picture journal depicting Japanese troops landing on Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean, in March 1944 during World War II. Yasugi was stationed on the island as a member of the Japanese infantry during and shortly after the war. The journal has been kept at the home of Yasugi's daughter Hisae in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

WWII air raid on Chichijima depicted in picture journal

WWII air raid on Chichijima depicted in picture journal

Photo shows part of Toshio Yasugi's picture journal depicting an air raid on Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean, during World War II. Yasugi was stationed on the island as a member of the Japanese infantry during and shortly after the war. The journal has been kept at the home of Yasugi's daughter Hisae in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

WWII Japanese soldier's picture journal found in Matsue

WWII Japanese soldier's picture journal found in Matsue

Photo taken in February 1944 shows Toshio Yasugi before his deployment to Chichijima, the biggest island of the Ogasawara chain in the Pacific Ocean, in March 1944 during World War II. His journal with drawings depicting life on the island has been found at his daughter Hisae's home in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. He wrote up the journal after returning to Matsue based on detailed notes he kept while stationed on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

MINAMIIZU, Japan - High waves strike the coast of Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25. Typhoon Banyan was located about 550 kilometers west northwest of Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara island chain in the Pacific at 6 p.m. and was heading north at about 30 km per hour. Banyan is expected to close in on the Pacific coast of central and eastern Japan on late July 26. (Kyodo)

43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

CHICHIJIMA, Japan - Local residents perform during a festival on June 25, 2011, on Chichijima, part of the Ogasawara island chain that was newly registered as a World Heritage site, to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the returning of the island to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. rule. Chichijima was returned to Japan on June 26, 1968. (Kyodo)

CORRECTED 43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

CORRECTED 43rd anniv. of Chichijima's return to Japan

CHICHIJIMA, Japan - CORRECTING DESCRIPTION OF OGASAWARA ISLAND CHAIN Local residents perform during a festival on June 25, 2011, on Chichijima, part of the Ogasawara island chain that was newly recognized as a World Heritage site, to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the returning of the island to Japanese sovereignty from U.S. rule. Chichijima was returned to Japan on June 26, 1968. (Kyodo)

Ogasawara Islands become World Heritage site

Ogasawara Islands become World Heritage site

OGASAWARA, Japan - Kazuo Morishita (2nd from R), mayor of the village of Ogasawara, watches the unveiling of a wooden monument commemorating the registration of the Ogasawara island chain as a World Heritage site by UNESCO on Chichijima, one of the islands, on June 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

Ogasawara Islands to be World Heritage sites

Ogasawara Islands to be World Heritage sites

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2007 shows Futami port on Chichijima Island, part of the Ogasawara Islands off Tokyo. An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended registering the islands and the Hiraizumi area in northeastern Japan as World Heritage sites, the Japanese government said May 7, 2011. (Kyodo)

Defense Minister Onodera interviewed about Osprey

Defense Minister Onodera interviewed about Osprey

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (C) responds to reporters in Ogasawara village, Chichijima island, south of Tokyo, on July 28, 2014, upon arrival aboard an MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The Osprey is to be used to transport emergency patients if it is commissioned for the Japan Self-Defense Forces. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

New Japan minesweeper

New Japan minesweeper

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The 570-ton Chichijima, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new minesweeper, takes to water after a launching ceremony in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)

Geminid meteor shower peaks

Geminid meteor shower peaks

Composite photo shows shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower observed from Chichijima Island about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo in the small hours of Dec. 14, 2020. This year's Geminid meteor shower peaked from the evening of Dec. 13 to the early hours of Dec. 14.

Daruma-like sun

Daruma-like sun

Photo taken about 180 kilometers north of Chichijima Island in the Pacific on Dec. 12, 2020, shows a rising sun looking like a Daruma doll due to a mirage.

Ogasawara Islands

Ogasawara Islands

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Chichijima, part of the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Endangered green turtle well after return to wild

Endangered green turtle well after return to wild

OSAKA, Japan - Photo provided by the Minami-Chita Beach Land, an aquarium in Aichi Prefecture, shows a green turtle with a transmitter attached to its shell being released into the sea Oct. 17, 1999. The giant female turtle, born on Chichijima Island south of Tokyo in 1982 and raised at the aquarium, was returned to the wild in 1999 to study the ability of animals to adapt to nature after being raised by humans. Aquarium researchers recently announced the turtle had been able to successfully adapt to its new environment.