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Ryukyu Islands
Island chain between Japan, Taiwan.
ryukyu island
Ryukyu Kingdom
(historical) The Ryukyu Islands state from 1429 to 1879.
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
The was the civil administration government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on Okinawa Island), replacing the United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands (itself created after World War II) in 1950, and functioned until the islands were returned to Japan in 1972.
History of the Ryukyu Islands
This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan.
Ryukyu independence movement
The or the Republic of the Ryukyus (Japanese: , Kyūjitai: , Hepburn: ) is a political movement advocating for the independence of the Ryukyu Islands (commonly referred to as Okinawa after the largest island) from Japan.
Invasion of Ryukyu
The by forces of the Japanese feudal domain of Satsuma took place from March to May of 1609, and marked the beginning of the Ryukyu Kingdom's status as a vassal state under the Satsuma domain.
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