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Also known as: Nansei Islands, Nansei-Shotō, Ryūkyū-Shotō
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Nansei Islands
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Ryūkyū-Shotō, or Nansei-Shotō
Ryukyuan:
Okinawa
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Ryukyu Islands, archipelago, extending some 700 miles (1,100 km) southwestward from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu to northeastern Taiwan. The archipelago defines the boundary between the East China Sea (west) and the Philippine Sea (east). With a total land area of 1,193 square miles (3,090 square km), the Ryukyus consist of 55 islands and islets divided into three major groups: the Amami island chain in the north, the central Okinawa islands, and the Sakishima islands in the south. Administratively, the Ryukyus are part of Japan, the Amami group constituting a southern extension of Kyushu’s Kagoshima prefecture (ken) and the ...(100 of 498 words)

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