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"Infrastructure Maintenance and Disaster Prevention Measures on Isolated Islands: the Case of the Izu Islands near Tokyo" in Island Sustainability (Favro, S., editor), p. ^ a b c d e f g h Nussbaum, " Izu Shotō" at p.Japan in the Beginning of the 20th century (Haruki Yamawaki, editor), p. It seems to me that they do not appear on any map although they are mentioned frequently. ^ Imperial Japanese Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. I have been confused and interested for some time now about the whereabouts of the summer islands.MILT classification 6,852 islands(main islands: 5 islands, remote islands: 6,847 islands) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (website) on Novem. It excludes the disputed Kuril islands known as the northern territories.

These are the 50 largest islands of Japan. Main article: List of islands of Japan by area Formally abolished as a legal entity by Japan in 1949. Japan lost control of Karafuto after its invasion by the Soviet Union during World War II. Karafuto (1905–1949) - the southern half of the island of Sakhalin, controlled by Japan after the Russo-Japanese War.Returned to the Republic of China in 1945. Taiwan and Penghu (1895–1945) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945.The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands later became a U.S. Formally revoked by the United Nations in 1947. South Seas Mandate (1919–1947) - part of the Japanese colonial empire until its defeat in 1945.Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) - controlled by South Korea, disputed by Japan and North Korea.Habomai Islands - Habomai ( 歯舞群島, Habomai-guntō).Shikotan - Shikotan ( 色丹島, Shikotan-tō).Kunashir - Kunashiri ( 国後島, Kunashiri-tō).

These islands are called the Chishima Islands. There are four disputed Kuril Islands that are controlled by Russia and claimed by Japan. Kuril islands and the Northern Territories The Northern Territories The Southern Half, Okinawa Prefecture Okinawa Islands The northern half is administratively part of Kagoshima Prefecture and Kyushu.