What does RYIS stand for?

Ryukyu Islands

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Chop to it KARATE was invented on the Japanese Ryukyu Islands in 1429 after the government banned the use of weapons.

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7-magnitude quake struck in the morning southwest of Ishigaki-jima island in Japan's far southern Ryukyu Islands, followed by a 6.

Strong quakes hit off Japan, rattle Taiwan

The eclipse will then continue east, passing over Japan's Ryukyu Islands before reaching its maximum duration point over the Pacific Ocean, where the sun will be completely blocked by the moon for 6 minutes and 39 seconds, according to NASA scientist Fred Espenak.

Solar Eclipse on July 22 may be most viewed ever

Which is not surprising: Their native habitat is thousands of miles away, on a Japanese island chain called the Ryukyu Islands.

DEER SPECIES FINDS A REFUGE

Weather authorities said Man-yi continued to threaten Japan and the Ryukyu Islands Friday as it curves northeastward along the island chain, bringing extreme winds and torrential rain to the area.

Ship sinks in Pacific; dozens missing

All the quakes struck near the island of Miyakojima, 1,130 miles southwest of Tokyo, part of the Ryukyu islands chain that stretches southwest toward Taiwan.

Tsunami warning lifted after Japan quake