http://worldislandinfo.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/05/hello-world/ A blog about islands Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:52:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://worldislandinfo.com/blog/index.php/2006/02/05/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-6 World Island Info » Blog Archive » Japan hopes to grow island Wed, 26 Apr 2006 02:30:38 +0000 #comment-6 [...] To firm up the definition of Okinotorishima as an island — and thereby insure rights to a large economic zone in the Pacific — Japan is planning to seed corals on the reef in hopes that the island might grow.  The island is now almost wholly covered at high tide. [...] [...] To firm up the definition of Okinotorishima as an island — and thereby insure rights to a large economic zone in the Pacific — Japan is planning to seed corals on the reef in hopes that the island might grow.  The island is now almost wholly covered at high tide. [...]

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