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Hachijō-kojima
Hachijō-kojima. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Hachijō-kojima (Japanese: 八丈小島) is a small volcanic island of Japan in the Philippine Sea, approximately 287 kilometres (178 mi) south of Tokyo and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago. Administratively, the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan. It has been uninhabited since 1969.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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