The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Islands" id="mwARo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ryukyu Islands">Ryukyu Islands</a>, under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Government_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands">U.S. military governance</a> since its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Okinawa">conquest</a> in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.