Home of kaiju the Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands or, Yslas del Arzobispo, are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some 1,000 kilometres (540 nmi; 620 mi) directly south of Tokyo, Japan. The name “Bonin Islands” comes from the Japanese word bunin, meaning “no people” or “uninhabited”.