Caught in a storm on December 26th. (text omitted). They lost all control over their navigation and there was nothing to do but to surrender themselves to nature as they drifted at the mercy of the billowing waves. Then, on the evening of the 30th of that month, they were washed ashore on a tiny isolated island called Waheijima (Uotsuri Island) in the Senkaku Islands, Ishigaki Village, Yaeyama County under our jurisdiction
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Koshin No. 200 / On the matter of the Chinese who drifted ashore
| Related archives | S1920012000101 |
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| Document title | Koshin No. 200 / On the matter of the Chinese who drifted ashore |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | January 20, 1920 |
| Date created (Japanese era) | January 20, Taisho 9 |
| Author(s) / Editor(s) | Sousuke KAWAGOE, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture |
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| Name of publication | On the matter of the rescue of Chinese (Fuzhounese) who met with disaster at sea, January 1920 |
| Content | A report by the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture appended to S1920012000101 "On the matter of the rescue of Chinese who met with disaster at sea". Gives details of the 31 Chinese who drifted ashore on Uotsuri Island and the situation of the rescue of them. From the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture to the Minister of Home Affairs. Okinawa Prefecture stationery. |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Public access | Open |
| Repository | Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| Medium | Paper/Hand-bound |
| Copies | 4 |
| Reference No. | S1920012000201 |
| Reference & information | Follow the instruction at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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