Talk:Iōjima, Tokyo

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Iōjima or Iōtō[edit]

According to the article Iwo Jima the name Iōjima is a mistake done by "Japanese naval officers who arrived to fortify the island before the U.S. invasion" and real name was Iō-tō. So shouldn't the village name be also Iōtō-mura? Avihu (talk) 07:47, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the island had originally been called Iōtō by the inhabitants (and in 2007 the name was officially changed). Yet, at least according to the Japanese article, the administrative unit was indeed read Iōjima-mura; though I cannot offer any definite reference to back that up. Yet, several books on historical municipalities and place names (Google Books search – whereas search for Iōtō yields only one result that only mentions that the islanders themselves called the island Iōtō) and this table of municipalities in Tokyo (on a personal, but very useful website on historical Japanese municipalities) agree.
Couldn't it be possible that the mistaken name was brought to the island in 1944 by those naval officers because the (mainland/Home Ministry dominated) administration had been using it for a long time before? (I'm not suggesting that this is true, just trying to find a possible explanation that reconciliates the conflicting information.) In any case, I'd suggest to leave the article as it is until anyone can offer a specific reference that the administrative unit 硫黄島村 was indeed read Iōtō-mura in the days of the Empire. --Asakura Akira (talk) 16:50, 9 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]