Toshima [village] - Toshima

Japanese: 十島[村] - としま

A village in Kagoshima County, Kagoshima Prefecture. Population 776 (1995). The Tokara Islands, located between Kyushu and Amami Oshima, consist of the islands of Kuchinoshima, Nakanoshima, Gajiyajima, Heijima, Suwanosejima, Akusekijima, Kodakarajima, Takarajima, and Yokoatejima. Formerly known as the Lower Seven Islands, the islands formed the Jutou Village along with the Kami-mishima Islands (Iwojima, Kuroshima, and Takeshima, present-day Mishima Village) from the mid-Meiji Period until 1946, but in the same year the Lower Seven Islands were seized by the U.S. military and placed under the control of the Provisional Northern and Nansei Islands Government (later the Amami Islands Government).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鹿児島県鹿児島郡の村。人口776(1995)。九州と奄美大島の間に位置する吐噶喇（とから）列島の口之島，中之島，臥蛇（がじや）島，平島，諏訪之瀬島，悪石（あくせき）島，小宝島，宝島，横当（よこあて）島などの島々からなる。古くは下七島と称され，明治中期から1946年まで上三島(硫黄島，黒島，竹島。現在の三島村)とともに十島（じつとう）村を形成していたが，同年に下七島はアメリカ軍に接収され，臨時北部南西諸島政府(のち奄美群島政府)の支配下に置かれた。

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