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The rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. The mongoose population had exploded ...

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.

The Environment Ministry on Tuesday declared the eradication of nonnative mongooses on Amami-Oshima island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in Kagoshima Prefecture. The declaration was based ...

The special warning, which calls for the highest level of vigilance, was announced at 1 p.m. The Amami Islands region in the prefecture is not covered by the warning. The agency may issue an ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Shanshan was about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of the southern island of Amami on Tuesday morning as it slowly headed north toward Kyushu while ...

Japanese airlines have canceled nearly 200 flights in total, halting air traffic between the southern Amami Islands and Kyushu. The typhoon’s impact is expected to intensify over the coming days.

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon was approaching Japan's southwestern islands Tuesday, with weather officials cautioning residents about heavy rain and violent winds expected in the region over ...