Ryukyu Islands

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The Ryukyu Islands are a chain of subtropical islands in southwestern Japan, including Okinawa, known for their distinct Ryukyuan culture, history as an independent kingdom, and strategic location between Kyushu and Taiwan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
island chain
administeredBy Japan
annexationYear 1879
annexedBy Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
borders East China Sea
Philippine Sea
capitalOfFormerKingdom Shuri
climate subtropical
country Japan
formerName Ryukyu Kingdom
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
hasCulturalRegion Okinawa
linked to: Okinawa Prefecture

Sakishima Islands
linked to: Yaeyama Islands
hasEthnicGroup Okinawans
linked to: Ryukyuan people

Ryukyuan people
hasLanguage Okinawan language
linked to: Ryukyuan languages

Ryukyuan languages
hasLargestIsland Okinawa Island
hasMajorBattle Battle of Okinawa
hasMajorCity Naha
hasOfficialLanguage Japanese language
hasPart Amami Islands
Daitō Islands
Miyako Islands
Okinawa Islands
linked to: Okinawa Prefecture

Yaeyama Islands
hasPrefecture Kagoshima Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
hasReligion Buddhism
Christianity
Ryukyuan religion
Shinto
hasUNESCOStatus Amami-Okinawa World Natural Heritage Site
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
hasUSMilitaryBases Okinawa Island
historicalEntity Ryukyu Kingdom
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
historicalStatus domain of Satsuma Domain
independent kingdom
tributary state of China
knownFor Okinawan cuisine
Ryukyuan dance
World War II battles
beaches
coral reefs
distinct Ryukyuan culture
traditional Ryukyuan music
locatedBetween Kyushu
Taiwan
linked to: Formosa
locatedIn East China Sea
northwestern Pacific Ocean
southwestern Japan
occupationPeriod 1945–1972
occupiedBy United States
partOf Japanese archipelago
Nansei Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
returnedTo Japan
reversionYear 1972
seaArea Philippine Sea
separates East China Sea
Philippine Sea
strategicImportance maritime trade routes
military

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Japan majorIslandGroup Ryukyu Islands
Battle of Okinawa location Okinawa Island
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Battle of Okinawa location Ryukyu Islands
East China Sea hasIslandGroup Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands historicalEntity Ryukyu Kingdom
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands partOf Nansei Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands formerName Ryukyu Kingdom
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands hasUNESCOStatus Amami-Okinawa World Natural Heritage Site
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Naha locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Naha isCulturalCenterOf Ryukyu Islands
Naha formerCapitalOf Ryukyu Kingdom (de facto modern successor area)
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Isamu Chō placeOfDeath Ryukyu Islands
Edo period allowedLimitedTradeWith Ryukyu Kingdom
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Higashi Shina Kai boundedBy Ryukyu Islands
Japan Current flowsPast Ryukyu Islands
Japonic languages spokenIn Ryukyu Islands
Japonic languages region Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan people locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan people locatedIn Ryukyu Archipelago
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Senkaku Islands locatedNear Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan languages spokenIn Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan languages spokenIn Okinawa Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands campaign location Ryukyu Islands
Shuri locatedOn Ryukyu Islands
Okinawan Japanese spokenIn Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa Prefecture locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Formosa near Ryukyu Islands
Amami Islands locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Amami Islands partOf Northern Ryukyu Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Miyako Islands locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Yaeyama Islands locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Japanese archipelago hasIslandGroup Ryukyu Islands
Daitō Islands partOf Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa Island locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa Island archipelago Ryukyu archipelago
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa Island isLargestOf Okinawa Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Arc hasPart Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Trench locatedOffCoastOf Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Trench associatedIslandArc Ryukyu Island Arc
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Trench parallelTo Ryukyu Island chain
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Trench relatedTo Nansei-Shoto (Ryukyu) Islands
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Northern Pacific hasPart Ryukyu Islands
Easter lily nativeTo Ryukyu Islands
University of the Ryukyus servesCommunity Ryukyu Islands region
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Naha Tug-of-War Festival locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Naha Hari locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit regionFocus First Island Chain
linked to: Ryukyu Islands
Uruma, Okinawa, Japan locatedIn Ryukyu Islands
Kyushu–Palau Ridge system liesEastOf Ryukyu Islands