Torrential rains are drenching Japan's southern prefecture of Okinawa. The public is being advised to be on high alert for ...

The Meteorological Agency urged people in the affected region to be on high alert for landslides, inundation of low-lying ...

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They expect temperatures to be high from eastern Japan through the Okinawa and Amami regions in the south ... and called on people to make early preparations.

very fun, older people just hanging out teaching Japanese ... to go back home but none of that happened when I ended up in Amami Oshima,” she said. “It felt like home and I loved it so much.” ...

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Kikaijima island is located off the coast of Kyushu, about 25 kilometers east of Amami-Oshima island. More than 10,000 people lived on the island in 1980s but that number has declined to about 6,000.

But it wasn’t just the natural beauty that drew her to this remote corner of Japan; it was something she had learned, ...

Japan's weather agency on Sunday urged Okinawa residents to be on high alert for mudslides and other disasters as torrential rains are drenching the country's southernmost prefecture. The Japan ...

A UNESCO advisory body called the International Union for Conservation of Nature recommended adding the islands of Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, the northern part of ...