Ogasawara, Tokyo

is a Japanese village in the Ogasawara Subprefecture of Tokyo.McCormack, Gavan.  "Dilemmas of Development on The Ogasawara Islands,"  JPRI Occasional Paper, No. 15 (August 1999). Japan Policy Research Institute (University of San Francisco). Retrieved 2013-2-27.

History
In 1940, municipalities were created for groups and single isolated islands in the Pacific Ocean.  The Tokyo Metropolitan Government was made responsible for local government on the islands, including

 on 
 on Chichijima
 on 
 on Hahajima
 on Iwo Jima, including the 

The local government structure of the post-war occupation of these islands is still used today.

Geography
The islands of the village include:
 73.00 km²
Freeman, Otis W. (1951).  Geography of the Pacific, pp. 229-235. 6.57 km²
Chichijima 38.89 km²
Hahajima 27.54 km²
 0.29 km²
Volcano Islands 29.71 km²
 5.57 km²
Iwo Jima 20.60 km²
 3.54 km²
Yong Hong, Seoung. (2009). Maritime Boundary Disputes, Settlement Processes, and the Law of the Sea, p. 148; Onishi, Norimitsu. "Japan and China Dispute a Pacific Islet," The New York Times. July 10, 2005. Retrieved 2013-2-27. 0.01 km²
 1.40 km²

The Japanese government identifies Okinotori as Japan's southernmost island.  It is 1,700 kilometers south of central Tokyo. "Japan hopes to build lighthouse on atoll disputed with China," Xinhua (China). August 5, 2005. Retrieved 2013-2-27.

References

 Other websites 

 Ogasawara Village website 

Category:Villages in Japan
Category:Settlements in Tokyo Prefecture