Anti-Ryukyuan sentiment

1945 major battle of the Pacific War

invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom by the Satsuma Domain, resulting in the former’s being reduced to a vassal state of the latter

rape of 12-year-old Japanese girl by U.S. servicemen

sexual crimes committed during the occupation of Japan

is a Japanese term referring to the various former colonial subjects of the Empire of Japan in the aftermath of World War II. This term particularly applied to Koreans and Taiwanese people, although it also sometimes was used for Ryukyuan people. The term is now generally considered antiquated and offensive.