Ogasawara Subprefecture
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Ogasawara Subprefecture is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin and Volcano Islands and three isolated islets and is coterminous with the v
The harbor at Chichijima
Oki or Okimura on Hahajima
Iwo Jima, now an SDF airbase
Minamitorishima
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Minamitorishima, sometimes known as Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima and also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost
Ogasawara Subprefecture
…were fully returned to Japan in 1968. The subprefecture consists of the Bonin Islands, the Volcano Islands, and the isolated islets Okinotorishima, Minamitorishima, and Nishinoshima. Together with the Ōshima, Miyake, and Hachijō Subprefectures in the Izu Islands, Ogasawara forms part of Japan's Nanpo Islands. Only…
An aerial photo of Minamitorishima in 1987
Minamitorishima under attack on 31 August 1943
Minamitorishima in 1975