In 698, Bekkokushi (researchers sent to Kyushu and the Northern islands of Japan during the Nara period) were dispatched to Minami-jima Island and the next year Tane (Tanegashima Island), Yaku (Yakushima Island), Amami (Amami Oshima) and Tokara (the Tokara Islands or Tokunoshima Island) came to pay tribute and, in 702, Tane Province was established as an administrative organization.
698年には覓国使が南島に派遣され、翌年多褹（種子島）、夜久（屋久島）、菴美（奄美大島）、度感（トカラ列島または徳之島）が朝貢に訪れ、702年には行政組織としての多禰国が設置された。