Nanpō

The Nanpō Shoto (Nanpō Archipelagoes) are Archipel S Japanese which extend on 1200km, of the peninsula of Izu in the west of bay of Tokyo, to approximately 500 km of the Mariane islands. They belong to the prefecture of Tokyo.

The Nanpō archipelagoes set out again in three principal groups of islands:

Izu Shoto (Archipelago of Izu)

It is a volcanic group of island, with 480 kilometers in the south of Tokyo, also called the seven islands of Izu. O-shima is the largest island of the group.

Its economic main activity is tourism, after having was used during many year as prison. They are also known for their production of oil of Camélia.

Ogasawara-gunto (Bonin islands)

It is a group of volcanic islands of approximately 100 km ² with 800 kilometers in the south of Tokyo. The principal island Fuss measures 30 km ². Omura, the capital of Bonin and Futami-KB (Lloyd Port) the principal port, are there.

The islands were claimed by Japan with the the United Kingdom in 1875 and were placed under the prefecture of Tokyo in 1880. During the Second world war, the islands formed an important Japanese military bastion until they were taken by the navy American in 1945. The islands were managed by the American soldiers until in 1968.

The population is mainly Japanese but it counts some Korean as well as Taiwanese. The principal products of the Bonin islands are the structural timber and fruit-bearing industry, such as the Banane S and the Ananas.

Kazan-retto

The islands volcanos measure 30 square kilometers. The group is composed of three islands, whose Iwo Jima is most important. The highest peak (3.181 ft/970 m) is on Minami-iwo-jima.

There are plantations of Canne to sugar and mines of Soufre. The Japanese the sulfur fishermen and minors arrived in 1887, and Japan annexed these islands in 1891. Occupied by the Allied forces during the second world war, the islands were placed under the administration of the United States of 1945 until 1968, then returned to Japan.

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