Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter One. From the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa Prefecture
The "Disposal of Ryukyu"
The Kyūkan'onzon Policy
Dividing the Ryukyus
Vacillating Policies of Okinawa Prefecture
Chapter Two. Sutezō Nishimura and Okinawa Prefecture
The Fourth Prefectural Governor: Sutezō Nishimura
Nishimura’s Guiding Policy for the Government of Okinawa
Chapter Three. The End of Territorial Markers
Surveying the Uninhabited Islands in the Seas Near Okinawa
Incorporating the Daitō Islands into Okinawa Prefecture
Shanghai “Shenbao” postAlert from Taiwan
Expressing Concerns over Erecting Territorial Markers
“Avoiding Unnecessary Conflicts”
Sophistry in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Governor Nishimura’s Memoramdum of November 5
Missing Items from Ministry of Home Affairs’ Other Official Records
“Do Not Erect Territorial Markers at Present”
Nishimura Commended by Meiji Government
Chapter Four. “Repeated Surveys” That Never Happened
The Truth Revealed by “Miscellaneous Issues Regarding the Territory of the Japanese Empire”
Nishimura Transferred as Director of Civil Engineering Bureau
Draft Memorandum of November 5 Retained in Naha
From Governor Maruoka’s Perspective…
Documents Regarding the Surveys Performed by the Kaimon
Governor Narahara Also Requests Change of Orders
The Kongō Did Not Perform an On-The-Ground Survey
Chapter Five. Riding on Victory to Annex Islands
Japan’s Overwhelming Victory in the First Sino-Japanese War
What Was Different from 1885?
The Mystery of “Raleigh Rock” / Chiwei Islet / Kumeaka Island / Taishō Island
The Annexation of the Islands Was Not Announced at Home or Abroad
Chapter Six. The Importance of Respecting Facts
The Explanation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Treaty Department on the Annexation of These Islands
Intentional Failure to Send Diplomatic Notice
Admitting Facts: The Importance of Honesty
Concrete Proposal for Peacefully Resolving the Territorial Conflict Between Japan and China
Appendix
One. Public Records Related to the 1885 Survey of the Uninhabited Islands in the Seas Near Okinawa Prefecture
Two. Historical Documents Related to the Governing Policy of Okinawa Prefecture Under Sutezō Nishimura
Three. Archival Documents Written Based on Nishimura’s November 5, 1885 Memorandum
Four. Historical Documents
Postword
The book explains the relationship between the Ryukyu Kingdom, China (Ming and Qing Dynasties), and Japan (Satsuma Domain and Tokugawa Shogunate) and detailed how Japan dissolved the Ryukyu Kingdom in the wake of the Meiji Restoration and reincorporated its territory under Japanese sovereign control as Okinawa Prefecture. And it also explains how after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1895, under the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Japan formally gained control of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands , and also secretly took control of Uotsuri Island and Kuba Island. Professor Kiyoshi Inoue thoroughly expounded upon this history in his book The History and Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands , but in Japan nobody has paid attention to his findings.
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