- Tokara)
being the
Northern Ryukyus,
those between the
Tokara Strait and
Kerama Gap (Amami and Okinawa)
being the
Central Ryukyus, and
those south of the...
-
expeditionary force to
conquer the
Ryukyus. The
subsequent invasion took
place in 1609, but
Satsuma still allowed the
Ryukyu Kingdom to find
itself in a period...
- The
University of the
Ryukyus (琉球大学,
Ryūkyū Daigaku),
abbreviated to Ryūdai (琉大), is a ****anese
national university in Nishihara, Okinawa, ****an. Established...
- short-lived
Ryukyu domain,
which itself came into
being on
September 14, 1872,
replacing the
Ryukyu kingdom." Lin, Man-houng. "The
Ryukyus and
Taiwan in...
-
responsibility for the
Ryūkyūs was
transferred from the
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs to the Home Ministry. In
November 1874, the
Ryūkyū government sent a tributary...
- invasion,
refused to sign the oaths, and was
subsequently beheaded. The
Ryukyus remained nominally independent, an "exotic realm" (異国, ikoku) to the ****anese...
- of ****an with a
pennant that read "
Ryukyus" and "琉球" (Chinese
characters for "
Ryukyu")
above it.
After the
Ryukyu Islands were
returned to ****an in 1972...
-
reviewing history, it can be
noted that
there was
political turmoil in the
Ryukyus in the 1250s
during the
reign of King Gihon, the last king of the Shunten...
- The
Ryukyu Trench (琉球海溝,
Ryūkyū kaikō), also
called Nansei-Shotō Trench, is a 1398 km (868 mi) long
oceanic trench located along the
southeastern edge...
-
Military Government.
Ryukyu Islands administered successively by
Ryukyus Command, 1 July – 30
November 1946; Philippines-
Ryukyus Command, 1
December 1946...
