Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday declared mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan, decades after launching efforts to eliminate the invasive species that ...
Amami-Oshima is registered as a UNESCO Natural World Heritage site. The non-native mammal was introduced onto the island in 1979 to reduce the population of a highly venomous local snake species.
Typhoon Shanshan is expected to approach western parts of Japan and the Amami region in the south from Tuesday through Wednesday. It could bring fierce winds in those areas and heavy rain in wide ...