Chichijima (父島) is the largest and most populous island in the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km (150 mi) north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi) in size, the island is home to about 2,120 people (2021).[1] Connected to the mainland only by a day-long ferry that runs a few times a month, the island is nonetheless organized administratively as the seat of Ogasawara Village in the coterminous Ogasawara Subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Together with the Volcano and Izu Islands, it makes up Japan's Nanpō Islands.
Some Micronesian tools and carvings have been found elsewhere in the Bonins, but Chichijima was long uninhabited when it was rediscovered. Ignored by the Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese Empires for centuries, it was finally claimed by a passing British captain in 1828 and settled by an international group from the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, the original nucleus of the Ōbeikei ethnic group. Britain subsequently yielded to Japanese claims and colonization of the island, which established two villages at Ōmura (大村) and Ōgimura-Fukurosawa (扇村袋沢村). These were formally incorporated in 1940, just before the civilian population was forcibly evacuated to Honshu in 1944 during the end of the Second World War. After the Surrender of Japan, the United States Armed Forces occupied the islands for two decades, destroying Japanese homes and businesses and only allowing resettlement by the Ōbeikei. Following the resumption of Japanese control in 1968, Home Island Japanese rapidly became the majority again.
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Chichijima (父島) is the largest and most populous island in the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km (150 mi) north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2...
The Chichijima incident (also known as the Ogasawara incident) occurred in late 1944. Japanese soldiers killed eight American airmen on Chichi Jima, in...
kilometers (32 sq mi) but only two of the islands are permanently inhabited, Chichijima and Hahajima. Together, their population was 2,560 as of 2021. Administratively...
commander of the Japanese garrison in Chichijima, Ogasawara Islands, and was later tried and executed for the Chichijima incident, a war crime involving torture...
Sakaigatake, 443 metres (1,453 ft). It is part of an archipelago that includes Chichijima approximately 50 km (31 mi) to the north and the nearby smaller islands...
and has a population of 2,930 in 2023. It maintains a main office on Chichijima and a branch office on Hahajima, the two permanent settlements in the...
Chichijima Airfield (父島飛行場, Chichijima Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJAO) is an airfield on the island of Chichi-jima in Japan. It has a landing slope facility for flying...
only Chichijima and Hahajima are inhabited currently. Islands Education Tokyo Metro BOE Ogasawara High School (Chichijima) Transportation Chichijima Airfield...
support for emergency medical air transportation from the Bonin Islands (Chichijima and Hahajima) to the Honshu. The base is occasionally used as a relay...
only Chichijima and Hahajima are inhabited currently. Islands Education Tokyo Metro BOE Ogasawara High School (Chichijima) Transportation Chichijima Airfield...
only Chichijima and Hahajima are inhabited currently. Islands Education Tokyo Metro BOE Ogasawara High School (Chichijima) Transportation Chichijima Airfield...
the Tropic of Cancer. The Bonin islands form three clusters, Mukojima, Chichijima, and Hahajima, composed of one larger island and several smaller ones...
Island, Cumbria, United Kingdom Peel Island, historical English name of Chichijima, Japan Piel Island Peel (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
territories vary significantly from those of the city. The climate of Chichijima in Ogasawara village is on the boundary between the tropical savanna climate...
kilometers (50 mi) north of Iwo Jima, 207 kilometers (129 mi) SSW of Chichijima in the Bonins, and 1,170 kilometers (730 mi) south of Tokyo on Honshu...
300 kilometers (810 mi) south of Tokyo, 330 kilometers (210 mi) SSW of Chichijima. Its area is 3.4 square kilometers (1.3 sq mi) and the shore length, 7...
only Chichijima and Hahajima are inhabited currently. Islands Education Tokyo Metro BOE Ogasawara High School (Chichijima) Transportation Chichijima Airfield...
only Chichijima and Hahajima are inhabited currently. Islands Education Tokyo Metro BOE Ogasawara High School (Chichijima) Transportation Chichijima Airfield...
settled by the American Nathaniel Savory, who landed on the island of Chichijima and formed the first colony there. In 1837, an American businessman in...
Island and sa'nin (サニン) on Iriomote Island. It is known as souka (ソウカ) on Chichijima in the Bonin Islands and sōka (ソーカ) in the Daitō Islands east of the Ryukyus...
endemic to the Bonin Islands archipelago and is found exclusively on Chichijima Island, excepting for two remaining trees located on neighboring Anijima...
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