‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise
The manufacture of weapons of chemical warfare – which was not exposed until the 1980s – also marked the beginning of the island’s connection to rabbits. About 200 were used in experiments to test the efficacy of gas that Japan’s army used during the Sino-Japanese war.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/02/japan-island-rabbit-okunoshima

花見を満喫する広島・大久野島のうさぎ、姿勢が美しすぎてミーアキャット状態に。
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_67fc7b46e4b0afe00ba8f69d

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"a place to seek good fortune for your own family's fertility"

On Japan's 'rabbit island,' bunnies are mysteriously dying one by one

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/crime-legal/rabbit-kick-man-arrest/