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Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

A Japanese monkey and her baby are pictured on a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

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Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

A Japanese monkey and her baby are pictured on a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

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Monkeys on tiny Japanese island

Japanese monkeys are pictured on a beach of a tiny island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Video taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.(Kyodo)

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Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Rewilding horses in southwestern Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows a mare and newborn foal of the Misaki Japanese native horse breed, designated as a national protected species, on the Toi Peninsula in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Century-old inaugural issue of local daily found

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A century-old copy of the inaugural issue of "Miyazaki Shimpo," the southwestern Japan prefecture's first local daily, dated March 15, 1888, is exhibited at a prefectural library on Oct. 1, 2014, after being found at a home in Kushima on the southern tip of the prefecture.

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Foal in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 10, 2014, shows a foal of a "Misakiuma" wild horse, a breed designated as a national natural treasure, in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Foal in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 10, 2014, shows a foal and its mother of the "Misakiuma" wild horse breed, designated as national natural treasure, in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Mother monkey and baby

A mother monkey and her baby are pictured in the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Kushima, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2022.

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Mother monkey and baby

A mother monkey and her baby are pictured in the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Kushima, southwestern Japan, on June 23, 2022.

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White eel draws visitors

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2015, shows a rare white eel, raised at an aquarium in the southwestern Japan city of Kushima. As the 60-centimeter eel resembles a white snake, a symbol of good fortune, it has gained popularity among visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fish-eating monkeys catching eye of tourists

Photo taken Dec. 13, 2015 shows Nobuharu Kanchi standing next to a rock which looks similar to the face of a monkey in profile in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture. Kanchi decorated the rock with sacred straw ropes and cut paper. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Century-old inaugural issue of local daily found

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A century-old copy of the inaugural issue of "Miyazaki Shimpo," the southwestern Japan prefecture's first local daily, dated March 15, 1888, is exhibited at a prefectural library on Oct. 1, 2014, after being found at a home in Kushima on the southern tip of the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Farmed yellowtail in Japan

Photo taken July 2, 2020, shows yellowtail landed from open sea cages of a fish farm in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Farmed yellowtail in Japan

Photo taken July 2, 2020, shows yellowtail landed from open sea cages of a fish farm in Kushima in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Protected horses in southwestern Japan

File photo taken at the Cape of Toi in Kushima on the southern tip of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2020, shows horses designated as nationally protected species.

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Protected horses in southwestern Japan

Photo taken at the Cape of Toi in Kushima on the southern tip of Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 28, 2020, shows horses designated as nationally protected species.

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Baby monkey in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 20, 2020, shows a newborn monkey and mother in Kojima Island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. About 90 monkeys are said to live in the wild on the uninhabited island.

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Baby monkey in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 20, 2020, shows a newborn monkey and mother in Kojima Island in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. About 90 monkeys are said to live in the wild on the uninhabited island.

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Wild horses in Japan

A foal of the nationally protected wild horse breed Misakiuma suckles from its mother at a pastureland at a cape in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wild horses in Japan

A foal of the nationally protected wild horse breed Misakiuma lies beside its mother at a pastureland at a cape in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wild horses in Japan

People look at Misakiuma, nationally protected wild horses, at a pastureland at a cape in Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys on Japanese island

Japanese monkeys are pictured on Kojima Island in Kushima city, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys on Japanese island

Japanese monkeys are pictured on Kojima Island in Kushima city, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys on Japanese island

Takafumi Suzumura of the Kyoto University Wildlife Research Center feeds monkeys on Kojima Island in Kushima city, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkeys on Japanese island

Takafumi Suzumura of the Kyoto University Wildlife Research Center weighs a monkey on Kojima Island in Kushima city, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Monkey on Japanese island

A monkey is pictured eating potatoes after washing them in seawater on Kojima Island in Kushima city, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Cultured monkeys" in southwestern Japan

Kyoto University wildlife researcher Takafumi Suzumura weighs a monkey on Kojima Island off the southwestern Japan city of Kushima on Nov. 18, 2018. Monkeys on the island are called "cultured monkeys" because of their practice of washing food with seawater before eating it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Cultured monkeys" in southwestern Japan

A monkey eats a sweet potato after washing it with seawater on Kojima Island off the southwestern Japan city of Kushima on Nov. 18, 2018. Monkeys on the island are called "cultured monkeys" because of their practice of washing food before eating it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small Japan city tries to keep monkeys on uninhabited island

Monkeys are pictured on Kojima, an uninhabited island where about 100 of the primates live, in Kushima, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken on April 13, 2017. The local government in Miyazaki Prefecture has stationed officials to prevent monkeys walking across to the Kyushu mainland at low tide and damaging agricultural land. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo