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voiceofokinawa
Sounds like new islands were washed away by waves and currents. Waves may erode the outer layer of the islands but not the core body of it. So the islands' submersion deep into the sea must have been caused not by waves but by volcanic activities.
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Desert Tortoise
Just hope it erupts while they are landing on it and wipes the landing force out. That would be justice served.
WilliB
Has China claimed it yet?
socrateos
That place has erupted several times in the past, in which it created a new island a few times. But, unlike Nishinoshima, it got washed away every time by waves in few years and disappeared.
Cognac
don't worry, if they find oil over there you can be 100% sure the USA will send some troops
Iron Lad
I wonder why Japan doesn't try to make artificial lands to solve the land issue.
Chico3
The Chinese will try to claim it.
itsonlyrocknroll
That 9 dash line can expand to incorporate the island in question, add a few more dashes, then if nature decided to reclaim, contract accordingly.
Jessie Lee
Time to get an application in for the next Olympics there. Would be great for MTB, aquatic sports, surfing etc. Unfortunately the athletics will be C-shaped!
ebisen
I didn't think I had to mention it, my previous message was a joke...
Hiroshi13
@GBR48 Your post just made my day. My favorite part...
Friday: US destroyer arrives and collides with island. Island sinks. US declare victory and vanish in the night.
Saturday: The Island Incident becomes a point of contention between China, South Korea and Japan for the next two centuries.
Absolutely brilliant!
Ubesh
If China contests the seabed from which the island came, it could try to claim it.
Sven Asai
Must be a joke…lol 1200 km South from Tokyo , it also hasn’t been China’s land anytime in history.
ebisen
This is and was since ancient times China's land (or was it Korea's - all the same).. the imperialist Japan should keep their grubby boats away, China has old documents proving how they landed there first, over a millennia ago .
BackpackingNepal
Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Who's going to win?
China keeps playing Paper.
Korea keeps playing Scissors.
Japan keeps playing Rock.
So, who's going to win now?
Danielsan
Suga has declared a covid emergency on the island and has outlawed all alcohol sales after 9 PM to help stem the pandemic.
Coulda been
Monday - island emerges, capsizing 30 Chinese illegal fishing boats.
Tuesday - the CCP enact a State of Emergency, fuel up nuclear weaponry.
Wednesday - the WHO send an emissary to investigate if this was the source of Covid.
Thursday - PLA paratroopers arrive and plant rice.
Friday - North Korea request rice importing rights.
Saturday/ Sunday - the island submerges, everybody goes home for the weekend.
Pukey2
UNESCO!
cleo
What's artificial about it?
stormcrow
Stick a Japanese flag in it quick before China does.
garypen
Do you want Monster Island? Because this is how you get Monster Island.
elephant200
That is an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean!
Tristis Quepe
"Japan claims definitive proof of ownership, as Fax machine found on island"
Joe Blow
Mechagodzilla's underground base IMO.
Gobshite
Has Japan asked for World Heritage status yet?
O'Brien
Monday: Island discovered.
Tuesday: China claim it, on the grounds that 'it is in the Chinese hemisphere'. 4 Chinese fishing boats sighted fishing in its waters, Chinese navy arrives.
Wednesday: Japanese helicopter lands flag, webcam, nervous guy in mascot costume & quake sensor on the island. Family Mart announces that a new store will be opened there soon. North Korea launches a missile at the island, destroying the Vladivostok Holiday Inn.
Thursday: SDF arrive and face off with Chinese navy. South Korea also claim the island. Australia considers a claim, sending survey team to look for coal deposits. Island appears on Facebook and has 1.2m friends by tea time. Donald Trump claims the island was his idea all along.
Friday: US destroyer arrives and collides with island. Island sinks. US declare victory and vanish in the night.
Saturday: The Island Incident becomes a point of contention between China, South Korea and Japan for the next two centuries.
Respectfully, you may be overthinking this.
Monday: Island discovered
Tuesday: Team dispatched to island to find out if there is any oishii food there
Wednesday: Wide show featuring talentos eating the oishii food from the island
Thursday: Bookings to the island go through the roof
Friday: Thousands of people arrive on the island
Saturday: The island's ecosystem is declared destroyed.
Fighto!
Communist China will claim the island soon. Guaranteed.
Japan should investigate the possibility of stationing a small military base on the island, to protect it and preserve the EEZ around it.
Robert Cikki
I'm sure China can come up with a centuries old map that says it is theirs. Then Korea will come up with a centuries old map that says it is theirs. And of course, Japan will come up with a centuries old map that says it is ours and claiming it was named XYZ for centuries..
GBR48
Monday: Island discovered.
Tuesday: China claim it, on the grounds that 'it is in the Chinese hemisphere'. 4 Chinese fishing boats sighted fishing in its waters, Chinese navy arrives.
Wednesday: Japanese helicopter lands flag, webcam, nervous guy in mascot costume & quake sensor on the island. Family Mart announces that a new store will be opened there soon. North Korea launches a missile at the island, destroying the Vladivostok Holiday Inn.
Thursday: SDF arrive and face off with Chinese navy. South Korea also claim the island. Australia considers a claim, sending survey team to look for coal deposits. Island appears on Facebook and has 1.2m friends by tea time. Donald Trump claims the island was his idea all along.
Friday: US destroyer arrives and collides with island. Island sinks. US declare victory and vanish in the night.
Saturday: The Island Incident becomes a point of contention between China, South Korea and Japan for the next two centuries.
InspectorGadget
I'm sure China has already claimed it and is getting the dredges ready,
Sven Asai
That’s still no island as there is a definition for an island, describing some necessary points like sand, earth, insects, plants, birds, animals or such. Only some hot visible former lava above sea level is not an island yet.
Yubaru
"submarine volcano".... Damn, that must have been one hell of a big ship!
Droll Quarry
I'm sure China can come up with a centuries old map that says it is theirs.