Kyodo: Climate change may soon cause the extinction of coral in the Ogasawara Islands and amphibious animals in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, a recent report by the Swiss-based International Union for Conservation of Nature says. Coral collapse: A diver examines the once colorful coral reefs off Taketomi Island in Okinawa Prefecture that have died and since turned white. More than 7,000 species of coral are feared at risk of perishing because of rising ocean temperatures caused by …