Prehistoric Stone Tool Cut Out of Coral Reef and Taken Away in Kyushu island; Artifact was Believed to Have Been Dropped in Sea During Prehistoric Jomon Period

KIKAI, Kagoshima — A stone tool, believed to be from Japan’s prehistoric Jomon period, which had become embedded in a coral reef on the seashore of Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, has been cut out of its place and is now missing, it has been learned.