Legislativeelections were held in the American-controlled RyukyuIslands in November 1968. Government of the RyukyuIslands 1962 RyukyuIslands legislative...
Legislativeelections were held in the American-controlled RyukyuIslands in November 1962. Government of the RyukyuIslands1968RyukyuIslands legislative...
island, or the part of it closest to Penghu. Elsewhere, the name was used for the RyukyuIslands in general or Okinawa specifically; the name Ryūkyū is...
of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the four main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, and Kyushu...
the name Liuqiu (whose characters are read in Japanese as "Ryukyu") referred to the island chain to the northeast of Taiwan, but some scholars believe...
Republic of China. The KMT lost the presidency and its legislative majority in the 2016 election. The KMT is a member of the International Democracy Union...
Northern Mariana IslandsRyukyuIslands, including Okinawa (1952–1972): returned to Japan in an agreement including the Daitō Islands Provisional Government...
effectively restoring full sovereignty to Japan with the exception of the RyukyuIslands (Okinawa Prefecture). The simultaneous implementation of the US-Japan...
outlying islands of the Ryukyus, including the island of Okinawa (home to over 1 million Okinawans related to the Japanese), the Bonin Islands, and the...
victory of political outsider Alberto Fujimori in the 1990 Peruvian general election, and subsequent 1992 Peruvian self-coup d'état. Plan Verde was first leaked...
agenda through educational initiatives and legislative actions. Along with protests throughout the islands, at the capital (Honolulu) itself and other...
RyukyuIslands. Pursuant to a treaty with the Japanese government (Message of Emperor), in 1950 the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands...
the Monterey launched strikes against Wake Island, participated in strikes in the Philippines and Ryukyus, and supported the landings at Leyte and Mindoro...
between 2014 and 2019. Government is separated into three branches: The legislative branch: the National Assembly is composed of the Senate, the 250-member...
Islands (Greater and Lesser), two tiny islands of arguable strategic importance in the eastern Persian Gulf, south of the western tip of Qešm island"...
The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province...
and police killings in Northern Poland 1970 – Koza riot, December 20 (RyukyuIslands, United States, later Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) 1971 – Gastown Riots...
of force leading to the "opening of Japan".[RL30172] 1853–1854: Ryukyu and Bonin Islands (Japan): Commodore Matthew Perry on three visits before going to...
prime minister and the ministerial appointees exercise executive power. Legislative powers are shared by the executive and the bicameral Parliament of Cambodia...
fuel oil, as the US Navy in June 1944 captured islands within bombing range of the Japanese home islands. Strategic bombing directed by General Curtis...
reaffirmed in the Succession Agreement signed in June 2001. The Faroe Islands and Greenland were administered by Denmark until 24 March 1948 and 1 May...
settlement for the Chinese. 1463 Malacca established diplomatic ties with Ryukyu. Ryukyu traders are highly respected in Malacca because they were honest and...
Notes: The ambassador to the Solomon Islands is concurrently accredited to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, while resident in Port Moresby, Papua...