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Confidential No. 42 [On the matter of reply to the instruction for the request from the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture concerning the matter of erecting territorial markers on uninhabited islands]

To Count Aritomo YAMAGATA, Minister of Home Affairs

Count Kaoru INOUE, Minister of Foreign Affairs

On the matter of the instruction for the request from the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture concerning the matter of erecting territorial markers on uninhabited islands in Okinawa Prefecture, I agree with the inquiry attached to the above draft instruction dated last November 30th. Since this Ministry is of the same opinion as the above, after noting the said draft instruction on the attached request and affixing my seal, I will return these together with the annexed documents.

Document title Confidential No. 42 [On the matter of reply to the instruction for the request from the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture concerning the matter of erecting territorial markers on uninhabited islands]
Date created (Western calendar) December 4, 1885
Date created (Japanese era) December 4, Meiji 18
Author(s) / Editor(s) Count Kaoru INOUE, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Publisher
Name of publication "On the matter of erecting territorial markers on Kumeaka, Kuba and Uotsuri Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, October 1885" in Teikoku Hanto Kankei Zakken (Miscellaneous Matters Related to Imperial Territory)
Content A document expressing the agreement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an instruction prepared by the Minister of Home Affairs to Okinawa Prefecture on the matter of erecting territorial markers on the Senkaku Islands.
From the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of Home Affairs.
Foreign Ministry stationery.
Language Japanese
Public access Open
Repository Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of JapanNew Window
Medium Paper/Hand-bound
Copies 2
Reference No. S1885120400101
Reference & information Follow the instruction at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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