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Volcanic island Nishinoshima in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activities have continued in Nishinoshima since an undersea volcanic eruption in 2013.

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Volcanic island Nishinoshima in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activities have continued in Nishinoshima since an undersea volcanic eruption in 2013.

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Volcanic island Nishinoshima in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activities have continued in Nishinoshima since an undersea volcanic eruption in 2013.

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Volcanic island Nishinoshima in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows a crater on Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activities have continued in Nishinoshima since an undersea volcanic eruption in 2013.

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Volcanic island Nishinoshima in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Oct. 30, 2023, shows smoke coming out of a crater on Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Volcanic activities have continued in Nishinoshima since an undersea volcanic eruption in 2013.

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Model of Nishinoshima made of 3D printer

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a 3D model of the Nishinoshima Island and its periphery in the Ogasawara Islands as of mid-December 2013. The near-side island is a new islet growing as a result of volcanic activities. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan launches a website for the three dimensional Japanese map made by 3D printer on March 19, 2014.

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New island merges with neighbor island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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New island merges with neighbor island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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New islet merges with neighboring island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 26, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (R), an uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain around 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new islet that grew and merged with it. The Japan Coast Guard confirmed the formation of the new islet on Nov. 20, 2013, following an undersea volcanic eruption.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a new island, formed as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, near Nishinoshima Island, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Upper photo shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new island formed nearby as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, on Nov. 21, 2013; the bottom photo shows the same two islands on Dec. 20, 2013. Volcanic geology experts say if the new island continues to grow, the two islands might merge by the end of the year.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new island formed nearby as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a new island, formed as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, near Nishinoshima Island, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (L) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (back) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New generation of fishermen drawn to remote island

NISHINOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2013 shows a fleet of purse seine fishery, including the Ichimaru fishing boat (front), leaving Urago Port toward evening in Nishinoshima town on the island of Nishinoshima, part of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, in Shimane Prefecture. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Oki Islands

MATSUE, Japan - An Aug. 8, 2013, photo shows Nishinoshima island of the Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture, in the Sea of Japan. The UNESCO Global Geoparks Network announced on Sept. 9, 2013, it will add the Oki Islands to its geoparks list.

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Research on Nishinoshima island starts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows researchers starting surveillance activities on the Pacific island of Nishinoshima some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2016, for the first time since its eruption in 2013. They will research volcanic activity and the ecosystem there through Oct. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research on Nishinoshima island starts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows researchers starting surveillance activities on the Pacific island of Nishinoshima some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2016, for the first time since its eruption in 2013. They will research volcanic activity and the ecosystem there through Oct. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Research on Nishinoshima island starts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows researchers starting surveillance activities on the Pacific island of Nishinoshima some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2016, for the first time since its eruption in 2013. They will research volcanic activity and the ecosystem there through Oct. 23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo