Yezo vs Japanese Islands

Yezo and Japanese Islands both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Yezo	Yes	No	No	No
Japanese Islands	Yes	No	No	No

Yezo (noun)	Japanese Islands (noun)
the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu	a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean