Bonin Islands
geographical name
Bo·nin Islands ˈbō-nən 
variants or Ogasawara Islands
(ˌ)ō-ˌgä-sä-ˈwär-ä
islands in the western Pacific about 600 miles (966 kilometers) south-southeast of Tokyo; belong to Japan; administered by U.S. 1945–68 area 40 square miles (104 square kilometers), population 1507