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Cleaning up after climbers is a tall order - Aug 10, 2007 Asahi Shimbun,The toilet problem became noticeable after Yakushima was designated as a World Heritage site in 1993. There is another problem toilet on Yakushima's Mount
Bird in the hand - Jul 31, 2007 Asahi Shimbun,Mejiro live across wide areas of Japan but shima-mejiro live mainly on Yakushima, the World Heritage island south of Kagoshima, and Tanegashima island to
Okinawa dugongs added to endangered list - Aug 4, 2007 The Daily Yomiuri,However, the Yakushima macaque on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture and the Japanese macaque on the Shimokita Peninsula, the remote northeastern cape
Beauty rooted in historyNov 18, 2006 They are found only on southern Japan's Yakushima Island. ... The ocean wraps Yakushima with fantastic beaches and seductive shorelines. ... - Montreal Gazette (subscription),
Foreign exchange lessonsNov 2, 2006 At Oakmont High School in Roseville, Yuka Terada, 17, an exchange student from the Japanese island of Yakushima, is proud to be part of the marching band. ... - Sacramento Bee,
The line of beautyNov 4, 2006 Undoubtedly, the miscanthus are the most widely used grasses in gardens today; they range from compact varieties such as ‘Yakushima Dwarf’ (3ft), to ... - Times Online,
Ogasawara Islands backed for World Heritage statusNov 2, 2006 ...islands will be the fourth natural heritage site in Japan, following the Shirakami-Sanchi mountain range in Aomori and Akita prefectures, Yakushima island in ... - The Daily Yomiuri,
Rare weevil with markedly long snout pictured on Yakushima Island+Mar 2, 2006 ...weevil, a very rare type of weevil known for its markedly long snout, has been successfully photographed on Japan's southwestern Yakushima Island, according to ... TMCnet
Could it be darwinluids aren't such prudes?Mar 28, 2006 ...million years. The specimens, which measure less than a millimeter long, were found on Yakushima, a small island in Japan. "Thousands ... Sploid (satire)
Billionaire Paul Allen Opens Vault, Shows Monets to ModernsMar 29, 2006 ...sheen; four paintings of Venice by Monet, Edouard Manet, Canaletto and JMW Turner; and Thomas Struth's 1999 photograph ``Paradise 14 Yakushima/Japan,'' a ... Bloomberg
Virginal shrimp not so chaste after all?Mar 27, 2006 Robin Smith of Japan's Lake Biwa Museum discovered the three lucky males living among hundreds of females in a freshwater spring on the island of Yakushima. ... Nature.com (subscription),
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