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A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan. quotations examples
White Butterflies in Japan.[...]Shortly after this I left Yokohama for the Ryukyu Islands, and next had my attention attracted by the "White" in the Bay of Kagoshima.
1888 April, H. T. Stainton, “Nepticula Serella, N. SP.”, in Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, page 261
About 140 people live on Kuchinoerabu island in the Ryukyu archipelago, which is approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of the main southern island of Kyushu.
2015 May 29, “Volcano erupts on remote southern Japanese island”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 23 October 2015, Japan