[DOC] [TLE] Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Ryukyu Islands /riukju/ (, Ryky-shot), known in Japanese 
as the Nansei ... "Southwest Islands") and also known as the Ryukyu Arc (, 
Ryky-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu
... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] This article is about the history of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of the main 
islands of Japan. ..... One option considered involved Japan annexing the islands 
from Amami Island north, China annexing the Miyako and Yaeyama islands, and 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Okinawa & the Southwest Islands - Lonely Planet [PAR] Okinawa and the Southwest Islands comprise one of Japan's pretty little secrets  
a side of Japan that differs from the mainland in culture and pace. They take a... [DOC] [TLE] Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan | Britannica.com [PAR] Ryukyu Islands, also called Nansei Islands, Japanese Ryky-Shot, ... km) 
southwestward from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu to northeastern 
Taiwan. .... The second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of 
the total... [DOC] [TLE] Ryukyu Islands - Infoplease [PAR] Ryukyu Islands , Jap. Ryukyu-retto or Nansei-shoto , archipelago , c.1850 sq mi , 
SW Japan, in the W Pacific Ocean. The chain stretches. [DOC] [TLE] Ryukyu Islands, Japan Photo Travel Guide: Okinawa, Iriomote ... [PAR] May 9, 2016 ... Why You Need to Go to Japan's Ryukyu Islands, in 20 Unexpected Photos ... The 
55-island chain stretches in an arc from the southwest of Japan's main islands to 
... Inland, Yakushima is one of the wettest places in Japan. [DOC] [TLE] Volcanoes of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan - information ... [PAR] Sep 16, 2016 ... Volcanoes of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan - information ... Suwanose-jima (
) volcano is Japan's and one of the world's most active volcanoes. ... NW of 
Amami Oshima Island at the SW end of the Tokara island chain. [DOC] [TLE] Development of coral reefs of the Ryukyu Islands (southwest Japan ... [PAR] Development of coral reefs of the Ryukyu Islands (southwest Japan, East China 
Sea) ... Units 1 and 3 are considered to have been formed when the relative... [DOC] [TLE] Ryukyus - US Army Center Of Military History [PAR] Oct 3, 2003 ... The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies ... of the Ryukyu 
Islands, a chain running southwest from the Japanese home island... [DOC] [TLE] The ConsequenT InTeResT of JApAn's souThwesTeRn IslAnds [PAR] Mar 1, 2013 ... fer from time to time.1 Just as the Mediterranean Sea once transfixed the minds 
... of action in this area. Japan's southwest, or ryukyu, Islands. [DOC] [TLE] Wish You Were Here: The Southwest Islands of Japan. Where ... [PAR] Sep 9, 2015 ... Wish You Were Here: The Southwest Islands of Japan. ... Map of the Ryukyu 
Islands and the Yaeyamas by The New York Times. .... mouth to ward off evil 
spirits and the right one has a closed mouth to keep good spirits in. [DOC] [TLE] Japan Island-Hopping - Self Guided Adventure | Inside Japan Tours [PAR] Offering an unconventional alternative to a mainland cultural tour, Japan Island 
Hopping will help you discover subtropical Okinawa. [DOC] [TLE] The Top Ten Reasons to Cruise Japan and the Ryukyu Islands ... [PAR] Jul 20, 2016 ... The Ryukyu Islands form an archipelago that stretches from Japan to the east ... 
Located on tiny Yakushima Island, just off the southwest tip of the ... just one wild 
denizen of a diverse and beautiful island that has justly been... [DOC] [TLE] New records of Pagurixus Melin, 1939 (Crustacea: Decapoda - NCBI [PAR] 1. Zootaxa. 2013;3669:350-66. ... from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, 
with description of a new species. Osawa M(1), Kawai T, Sakamaki T. [DOC] [TLE] Indoapseudes bamberi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Tanaidacea ... - NCBI [PAR] 1. Zootaxa. 2015 Aug 5;3995:138-48. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.14. ... 
Hodometricinae) from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. [DOC] [TLE] Carbonate sedimentation in seagrass

Question: One of the Ryukyu Islands of southwest Japan
Answer: Okinawa