The name Bonin is a French cartographer's corruption of the old Japanese word munin, which means "no man." These islands were uninhabited for most of Japan's existence. They literally contained ...

The U.S. Navy bombed and shelled the Bonin Islands from late 1944 to early 1945 in anticipation of the invasion of Iwo Jima and the eventual attack on Tokyo.

Dolphin dances, WWII relics in blissful, remote Japanese islands Originally published December 9, 2005 at 12:00 am As I slid into the ocean west of Chichi Jima, I wasn't thinking about the island ...

Iwo Jima translates to "Sulfur Island." It is part of the Bonin Islands, which is made up of around 30 subtropical islands in ...

Located 1,000km from Tokyo, Japan’s 30-island Bonin archipelago was never part of a larger land mass ... In World War II, the islands became an arena for fighting between Japanese and US troops.

Iwo Jima, one of the Bonin Islands, located about 750 miles south of the Japanese mainland, featured a strategic military installation with three airfields. ... World War II; David Morgan.

In the annals of World War II, Chichi Jima was not a place that drew headlines. Three thousand miles from Hawaii and 120 from Iwo Jima, the tiny island, one of the Bonin Islands, was the site of a ...

The Bonin islands are near to a tectonic plate, which means that they often experience earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. There has been quite a bit of volcanic activity in Japan recently.

WWII 'ghost ships' rise from Pacific after volcanic eruption. News. ... Iwo Jima is part of the Bonin Islands, a chain of roughly 30 subtropical islands in the Pacific Ocean.