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Subtropical forest in southern Japan

KUNIGAMI, Japan, May 23 Kyodo - Photo taken April 23, 2018, shows an area of forest named Yambaru in the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture's main island, southern Japan.

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Population of Okinawa Rail recovering

KUNIGAMI, Japan - Experts discuss a 10-year plan to preserve the Okinawa Rail, a flightless bird native to northern Okinawa Island and known locally as the Yambaru Kuina, at a meeting in December 2013 in Kunigami, Okinawa Prefecture.

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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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Microchips to be implanted into pet cats in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The Environment Ministry plans to begin implanting microchips into pet cats, which will carry information about the cat and its owner, in a bid to protect endangered birds that are increasingly being preyed upon by stray cats. The ministry said Jan. 21 it hopes the move will protect endangered species such as the rare flightless bird, the Okinawa Rail (yambarukuina - in file photo), and the Okinawa Woodpecker (noguchigera), which live in the Yambaru region in Okinawa.

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World's 1st seawater power generator begins trial

A trial run of the world's first electric power generator using pumped-up seawater begins March 16 at the Okinawa Yambaru plant on the Pacific Ocean shore of Japan's southwestern island prefecture. The plant will not be in practical use until at least the spring of 2004 when a five-year survey to study the effects of seawater on the facility is due to be completed.

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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. (Kyodo)

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Home of Okinawa rail to be designated as national park

Photo taken June 20, 2016, shows an Okinawa rail, a rare species of bird living in the Yambaru area in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, which will be designated as a national park in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Endangered bird in newly designated nat'l park in Okinawa

A Ryukyu robin, designated a Japanese natural treasure, is pictured in the Yambaru region of Okinawa Prefecture on June 30, 2016. The region was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly designated national park in Okinawa

The semitropical forest in the Yambaru region of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa is pictured on June 29, 2016. Endangered species such as Okinawa rails and Okinawa woodpeckers live in the area, which was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly designated national park in Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 1, 2016, shows the Yambaru region in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. Endangered species such as Okinawa rails and Okinawa woodpeckers live in the area, which was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Endangered bird in newly designated nat'l park in Okinawa

An Okinawa woodpecker, designated a Japanese natural treasure, is pictured in the Yambaru region of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on June 29, 2016. The region was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly designated national park in Okinawa

A veterinarian tends to an Okinawa rail, designated a Japanese natural treasure, in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 30, 2016, after it was injured in a traffic accident. Known as the home of the Okinawa rail, the Yambaru region in the northern part of the prefecture's main island was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly designated national park in Okinawa

A sign warning drivers to be careful of Okinawa rails is pictured on June 30, 2016, near the Yambaru region in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa. There have been efforts to decrease the number of traffic accidents involving the birds, which are designated as Japanese natural treasures and are also on the endangered species list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Endangered bird at newly designated nat'l park in Okinawa

An Okinawa rail, designated a Japanese natural treasure, is pictured in the Yambaru region of Okinawa Prefecture on June 29, 2016. The region was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newly designated national park in Okinawa

Thousands of stars light up the sky over the Yambaru region in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa in this photo taken on June 29, 2016. The region was designated as Japan's 33rd national park on June 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Road accidents threaten flightless Okinawan bird

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied undated file photo shows an Okinawa Rail in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The critically endangered, flightless bird found only in northern Okinawa is under increasing threat from road traffic, with a record high number of accidents so far in 2011, the Environment Ministry's Yambaru Wildlife Conservation Center said on Nov. 2, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Environment Ministry)(PHOTO NOT FOR SALE)(Kyodo)

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Southwestern Japan islands set to become World Heritage site

Photo taken in Kunigami in Okinawa Prefecture on May 11, 2021, shows an area of forest named Yambaru in the northern part of Japan's Okinawa Island. A UNESCO advisory panel recommended the previous day that a chain of islands in southwestern Japan with dense subtropical forests, including the northern part of Okinawa Island, be added to the list of natural World Heritage sites.

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Southwestern Japan islands set to become World Heritage site

Photo taken in Kunigami in Okinawa Prefecture on May 11, 2021, shows an area of forest named Yambaru in the northern part of Japan's Okinawa Island. A UNESCO advisory panel recommended the previous day that a chain of islands in southwestern Japan with dense subtropical forests, including the northern part of Okinawa Island, be added to the list of natural World Heritage sites.

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Subtropical forest in southern Japan

Photo taken April 27, 2018, shows an area of forest named Yambaru in the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture's main island, southern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to bid for UNESCO listing of remote islands, Christian sites

Photo taken in June 2016 shows a forest area called Yambaru, the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture's main island. The Japanese government said on Jan. 19, 2017, that it will submit a proposal to UNESCO to add a number of islands in the country's southwest, including the area, to the natural sites on the World Heritage list, along with a number of sites linked to the history of Japan's persecuted Christians to the cultural sites. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Microchips to be implanted into pet cats in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - The Environment Ministry plans to begin implanting microchips into pet cats, which will carry information about the cat and its owner, in a bid to protect endangered birds that are increasingly being preyed upon by stray cats. The ministry said Jan. 21 it hopes the move will protect endangered species such as the rare flightless bird, the Okinawa Rail (yambarukuina - in file photo), and the Okinawa Woodpecker (noguchigera), which live in the Yambaru region in Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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World's 1st seawater power generator begins trial

A trial run of the world's first electric power generator using pumped-up seawater begins March 16 at the Okinawa Yambaru plant on the Pacific Ocean shore of Japan's southwestern island prefecture. The plant will not be in practical use until at least the spring of 2004 when a five-year survey to study the effects of seawater on the facility is due to be completed. ==Kyodo