Ogasawara Islands

The Ogasawara Islands, also known in English as the Bonin Islands, are a Japanese archipelago of more than 30 subtropical and tropical islands lying about 1,000 kilometers south-southeast of Tokyo and 1,600 kilometers northwest of Guam. The group covers a total area of about 84 square kilometers, but only two of the islands, Chichijima and Hahajima, are permanently inhabited, with a combined population of 2,560 as of 2021. Administratively the islands form Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture, which also includes the Volcano Islands and the Self-Defense Force post on Iwo Jima, with its seat of government on Chichijima.