June 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the return of the Ogasawara Islands to Japan, after some two decades of US military occupation following World War II.

Takashi Savory, a resident of far-flung Chichijima island in the Ogasawara island chain ... joined Pacific islanders to set up a colony of 20 or so immigrants on Chichijima, which was uninhabited ...

The number of U.S. casualties reached 6,821. The Ogasawara Islands, which include Ioto, were under U.S. rule after the war, but were returned to Japan in 1968. However, Ioto remained under the ...

Typhoon No. 11 is expected to approach close to the Ogasawara island chain, south of Tokyo, from the late afternoon of Aug. 29, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency is urging ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency had advised that waves up to 1 meter (yard) above tide levels could occur on the coasts of the Izu and Ogasawara island chains after the magnitude 5.8 quake ...