Submitted by shithousedlabrum t3_11g44o1 in nottheonion
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Eupion t1_jao3nxp wrote
Sounds like Lake Mead in it’s ever growing numbers of Islands.
ExpialiDUDEcious t1_jaocbkw wrote
(Those are the bodies and cars with bodies inside 🤫)
fireky2 t1_janyakt wrote
The funniest part is that they will classify these as islands even if they're 2x2 rocks since it expands their exclusive economic zone
gandraw t1_jaqjdce wrote
An island needs to be permanently inhabited to extend an EEZ.
Bingo_is_my_name_o t1_jan1s7r wrote
Japan must be feeling like I do when I put on a coat I haven't worn in a while and find a chapstick and $5.
athena_the_just t1_jaqee88 wrote
Have my upvote for the chapstick haha
pricebaggins t1_jan2kst wrote
China asserts that they were aware of them because they had historically been theirs.
Bitbatgaming t1_jamj8z4 wrote
I wonder how many animals live on those islands
albinochicken t1_jaog78q wrote
GREAT place to slap a Walmart super center!
Bitbatgaming t1_jaog9zx wrote
Also great place to slap a gas station and a variety of toll roads! Murica! Fuck yeah!
JohnTheMod t1_jatunaz wrote
And a Dollar General! And a Dollar General next to the Dollar General you just built!
JD0x0 t1_jan4to4 wrote
Can I have one, as a treat?
Hudell t1_janc0om wrote
Some countries give benefits to families with 10+ children to help increase population. Japan could be offering them islands.
ThirdSunRising t1_jaop9af wrote
Yeah I discovered I have an island too. It's in my kitchen.
tenuto40 t1_japu70v wrote
WW2 Philippines: PANIC!
(One of Philippines’ reference names is “The 7,000 Islands”)
provocative_bear t1_japozhy wrote
This has to be the nation-state equivalent to finding like a twenty in the wash.
KaisarDragon t1_jamsg88 wrote
I bet they can't wait to put one kind of animal on each of them!
Dr-Retz t1_jap85if wrote
Hope someone can post a Japanese translation of “Holy shit boss,I just found 7000 more islands we own”,
Blayze93 t1_japlfc2 wrote
Bah. I can't even find one island I didn't know I had =(
PerNewton t1_japokv5 wrote
In Minnesota?
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Sentence-Terrible t1_jaoa0bl wrote
So you are saying that these islands have been Japanese since ancient times?
No_Candidate8696 t1_jamzci9 wrote
One cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
howard416 t1_jany8vy wrote
Good thing they have female sailors!
GeneralNathanJessup t1_jams7j8 wrote
This is what rising sea levels will do.
inkubys t1_jap2jay wrote
Uhhh?
Rising water covers rocks/islands dude
goosebattle t1_jap5yix wrote
Water covers rock. Rock crushes bird. Bird drinks water.
inkubys t1_japr0it wrote
God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth
Cwallace98 t1_jaq1l3n wrote
Imagine an island with two hills. Ocean rises and covers everything but the hills. Now you have two islands. Everybody wins.
Hudell t1_jarjihm wrote
Turning one island with 3 mountains into 3 islands.
ZhugeSimp t1_jampau6 wrote
Week old news isn't "just"
Fullspectrum84 t1_jamqtn4 wrote
What a ridiculous comment.
criticalpwnage t1_janno44 wrote
Japan finds 7000 rocks just barely poking above sea level