Anatahan [island] - Anatahan

Japanese: アナタハン[島] - アナタハン
Anatahan [island] - Anatahan
An extinct volcanic island in the Mariana Islands, which lie to the east of the Philippines in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a U.S. territory and is currently uninhabited. It is famous for being the place where a small number of Japanese soldiers were left behind until 1953 after the war.

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Japanese:
フィリピン東方,西太平洋に南北に並ぶマリアナ諸島中の死火山島。米自治領で現在は無住。戦後,1953年まで少数の日本兵などがとり残されていたことで有名。

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