Ishigaki Island is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km south-west of Oki
Ishigaki port
Japan Coast Guard vessels at Port of Ishigaki
Aerial view of Ishigaki island, Taketomi and Kohama island, 2014
The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a domestic chemical terrorist attack perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. In five coordinated attacks, the perpetrator
Ishigaki Island
…A tsunami of record height hit Ishigaki Island in 1771. One of the perpetrators of Aum Shinrikyo's sarin gas attack, Yasuo Hayashi, was arrested on Ishigaki Island 21 months after the attacks and 2,000 km (1,243 mi) from the scene of the crime. On 11 April 2024…
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel (with olive-drab colored clothing) and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers (with white clothing) entering contaminated vehicles.
The Aum Shinrikyo facility in Kamikuishiki, 8 September 1996
JR East 203 series set 67, the Chiyoda Line train involved as A725K
02 series set 16, the train involved as B777