"Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, ...
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The Ryukyu Archipelago are a collection of 100+ islands located between Kyushu and Taiwan. They are politically split between the Japanese prefectures of ...
This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main islands of Japan. Contents. 1 Etymology; 2 Early history.