Nanpō Islands

Nampo - shotō (Japanese南方 诸岛, dt " Southern Islands ") is a name for several Pacific islands or groups of islands that lie south of the main Japanese islands. The islands are administered by the Tokyo prefectural government.

The Nampo - shotō oyobi Sonota no shotō ni kan suru Nihon - koku to America gasshūkoku to no aida no Kyotei (南方諸島及びその他の諸島に関する日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の協定, ger "the Agreement between the State of Japan and the United States of America on the Southern Islands and other islands " ), in short: Beikoku to no Ogasawara HENKAN Kyotei (米国 と の 小笠原 返還 協定, dt " Ogasawara- return agreements with the United States ") of 1968 and the Nampo Renraku jimukyoku setchi hō (南方 连络 事务 局 设置 法, German " Law on the establishment of southern liaison offices [to the U.S. government ] ") from 1952 use the term Nampo - shotō for the Northern Ogasawara- islands, ie Ogasawara- Gunto, Nishinoshima and Kazan RETTO, while the southern two remote Ogasawara Islands Minami- Torishima and Okinotorishima are excluded.

The Hydro and Oceanographic Department of the Japan Coast Guard and the National Land Survey Office (English Geospatial Information Authority of Japan) denote Nampo - shotō the Izu - Ogasawara Islands and all. The expansion in this case is 1200 km of the Izu peninsula in the Bay of Tokyo to the southern- most feature point of Japan, Okinotorishima.