The Ryukyu Islands
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the 3 island chains east of china are Taiwan( to Taiwan!), Japan, and Philippines
Taiwan
No. Taiwan has it's own little island.
Taiwan is southwest.
Japan lies to the northeast of China, and Taiwan is directly east of China.
Taiwan
Both Taiwan and Japan are islands off the east coast of the Asian subcontinent. The island of Taiwan is only about 400 miles southwest off the tip of Japan.
Technically, it's Japan. The westernmost point of Japan, on Yonaguni Island, is roughly 60 miles east of Taiwan.
Japan and the Philippines.
The island acquired by Japan after the 1894 war was Taiwan
The island southwest of Japan and east of China is Taiwan, whose capital is Taipei.