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AMAMI ISLANDS

June 22, 2020

Amid rising tensions with china, Japanese Defence Ministry reported sighting an unidentified submarine around Amami Islands in the island nation's contiguous zone on June 20.

About:

  • The Amami Islands is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu.

  • Administratively, the group belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture,

  • The Amami Islands are limestone islands of coralline origin. 

Source : republic world

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