1. The typhoon first affected the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

2. In October, the Provisional Government of the Northern Ryukyu Islands was founded, formed by local leaders.

3. As it moved through the Ryukyu Islands, winds gusted to 110 knots (200 km/h) Yonaguni Jima.

4. Amblyeleotris guttata, theSpotted prawn-goby is a species of goby native to reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean, that includes the Philippines to Tonga, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia.

5. Musa basjoo, known variously as Japanese Banana, Japanese fibre Banana or hardy Banana, is a species belonging to the genus Musa.It was previously thought to have originated in the Ryukyu islands of southern Japan, from where it was first described in cultivation, but is now known to have originated in subtropical southern China, where it is also widely cultivated, with wild populations found