Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit. "Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko)...
65 KB (7,419 words) - 18:55, 9 August 2024
who unified Okinawa Island to end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands. The Ryukyu Kingdom played a central...
39 KB (3,480 words) - 10:16, 31 July 2024
the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese writings. The earliest references to "Ryūkyū" write...
52 KB (6,025 words) - 21:05, 16 August 2024
government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on Okinawa Island), replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (itself created...
16 KB (1,362 words) - 09:59, 31 July 2024
Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main islands of Japan...
62 KB (5,751 words) - 05:48, 14 August 2024
Archipelago. They are part of the Ryukyu Islands and include the Miyako Islands and the Yaeyama Islands. The islands are administered as part of Okinawa...
16 KB (1,614 words) - 08:30, 6 April 2023
Ryukyuan people (redirect from Ryūkyū peoples)
between the Northern Ryukyu Islands (Amami Islands and Okinawa Islands) and the Southern Ryukyu Islands (Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands). The genome-wide...
95 KB (11,006 words) - 15:47, 10 August 2024
Diaoyu Islands in China, and Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan. Aside from a 1945 to 1972 period of administration by the United States as part of the Ryukyu Islands...
152 KB (15,147 words) - 19:49, 4 August 2024
The Volcano and Ryūkyū Islands campaign was a series of battles and engagements between Allied forces and Imperial Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean...
10 KB (885 words) - 07:51, 13 August 2024
the prefecture. The Okinawa Islands are part of the larger Ryukyu Islands group and are located between the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to the...
8 KB (511 words) - 13:18, 25 April 2024
Okinawa Prefecture (redirect from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands)
of the Ryukyu Islands, including the Okinawa, Daitō and Sakishima groups, extending 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) southwest from the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima...
101 KB (8,127 words) - 11:32, 16 August 2024
Prefecture The Central Group or Ryukyu proper: Okinawa Island Kumejima Iheyajima Izenajima Agunijima Iejima Iōtorishima Kerama Islands Tokashikijima Zamamijima...
21 KB (1,229 words) - 01:13, 3 July 2024
The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami-guntō) is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively...
23 KB (2,388 words) - 21:48, 29 April 2024
Ryukyuan languages (redirect from Ryukyu languages)
Lewchewan or Luchuan (/luːˈtʃuːən/), are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago. Along with the Japanese...
44 KB (4,486 words) - 00:28, 17 August 2024
Ryukyu Islands abbr. USMGR (琉球列島米国軍政府, Japanese: Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Gunseifu, Okinawan: Rūcū ʔAmirika Minhyōjōju), also referred to as U.S. Ryukyu Islands...
7 KB (356 words) - 09:58, 31 July 2024
Luchu may refer to: Luchu Islands, a synonym of the Ryukyu Islands, an island chain under the administration of the Japanese government Luchu language...
429 bytes (86 words) - 03:58, 6 September 2022
northernmost parts of the Ryukyu Islands are within Kagoshima Prefecture. These islands are referred to as the Satsunan Islands (薩南諸島, Satsunan-shotō),...
4 KB (328 words) - 12:05, 27 April 2024
Japonic languages (redirect from Japanese-Ryukyu languages)
comprising Japanese, spoken in the main islands of Japan, and the Ryukyuan languages, spoken in the Ryukyu Islands. The family is universally accepted by...
34 KB (3,663 words) - 00:30, 17 August 2024
Administration of Ryukyu( Island)s may refer to the following (historical) jurisdictions, on the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan : United States Civil...
338 bytes (71 words) - 07:24, 5 November 2015
King of Ryūkyū (琉球国王, Ryūkyū koku-ō), also known as King of Lew Chew, King of Chūzan (中山王, Chūzan-ō), or more officially Ryūkyū Kingdom's King of Chūzan...
24 KB (2,195 words) - 10:00, 31 July 2024
Names of Okinawa (redirect from Names of Ryukyu)
Westerners have used the word for a larger chain of islands (the Ryukyu Islands, or the Ryukyus), for which the native populations have no folkloristic...
51 KB (6,801 words) - 20:57, 27 February 2024
advocating for the independence of the Ryukyu Islands (commonly referred to as Okinawa after the largest island) from Japan. The current political manifestation...
73 KB (9,257 words) - 08:18, 22 May 2024
(228.36 sq mi). The islands are located southwest of the Miyako Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. The Yaeyama Islands are the remotest part...
13 KB (931 words) - 16:26, 14 June 2024
long oceanic trench located along the southeastern edge of Japan's Ryukyu Islands in the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean, between northeastern Taiwan...
9 KB (1,082 words) - 04:41, 29 November 2023
Typhoon Lekima (section Ryukyu Islands)
the southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Ishigaki-jima and Miyako-jima received a storm warning. The JMA urged the residents on these islands to beware of high...
33 KB (3,516 words) - 23:44, 10 August 2024
Japanese archipelago (redirect from Japanese islands)
Shikoku and its surrounding islands; Kyushu and the Ryukyu arc, which is composed of the Ryukyu Islands and other surrounding islands; Eastern part of Hokkaido...
9 KB (750 words) - 20:00, 14 June 2024
The Government of the Ryukyu Islands (琉球政府, Ryūkyū Seifu) was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa. It was...
6 KB (609 words) - 09:32, 17 March 2023
Ryukyu New Year is a traditional New Year in the Ryukyu Islands (the Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan). Japan fully...
4 KB (594 words) - 17:48, 1 March 2024
Ryukyuan culture (redirect from Culture of the Ryukyu Islands)
styles of music exclusive to the Ryukyu Islands. The most popular one is arguably the genre of eisa from the Okinawa Islands. It typically incorporates dancing...
10 KB (1,091 words) - 04:28, 27 October 2023
List of volcanoes in Japan (redirect from List of volcanoes in Ryukyu Islands)
Meteorological Agency. The Ogasawara Archipelago include the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands. Ring of Fire – Region around the rim of the Pacific Ocean where...
43 KB (328 words) - 00:59, 2 July 2024