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  2. Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."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 Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō, Miyako ...

  3. United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

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    The Seal of United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands. The post-war peace treaty of 28 April 1952 stated, in part: [8]. Article 3: Japan will concur in any proposal of the United States to the United Nations to place under its trusteeship system, with the United States as the sole administering authority, Nansei Shoto south of 29 degrees north latitude (including the Ryukyu ...

  4. History of the Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia

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    Effective U.S. control continued even after the end of the occupation of Japan as a whole in 1952. The United States dollar was the official currency used, and cars drove on the right, American-style, as opposed to on the left as in Japan. The islands switched to driving on the left in

  5. Government of the Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the Ryukyu Islands (琉球政府, Ryūkyū Seifu) was the self-government of native Okinawans during the American occupation of Okinawa. [1] It was created by proclamation of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (USCAR) on April 1, 1952, and was abolished on May 14, 1972, when Okinawa was returned to Japan, in accordance with the 1971 Okinawa Reversion ...

  6. Naval Base Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands was set up during the battle in 1945 for Administrative control. In 1950, United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands was set up Administrative control. In 1972, Administrative control was returned to Japan. [9] [10] United States Forces Japan was founded in 1957 for the ...

  7. List of islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago - Wikipedia

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    Its predecessor was the Ryukyu Kingdom, an independent nation until 1879. [3] Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as part of Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture. [4] However, they are not geographically within the Ryukyu Archipelago, being located further westward in the East China Sea.

  8. United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands

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    The United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands abbr. USMGR (琉球列島米国軍政府, Japanese: Ryūkyū-rettō Beikoku Gunseifu, Okinawan: Rūcū ʔAmirika Minhyōjōju), also referred to as U.S. Ryukyu Islands, was the government in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (centered on the Okinawa Island) from 1945 to 1950, whereupon it was replaced by the United States Civil Administration ...

  9. Administration of Ryukyu Islands - Wikipedia

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    Administration of Ryukyu( Island)s may refer to the following (historical) jurisdictions, on the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan : United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands; Apostolic Administration of Ryukyus (now Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha)