Situation of the Senkaku Islands
The Senkaku Islands, part of the Yaeyama Islands, comprise an uninhabited island conventionally called Uotsurishima (Uotsuri Island), and sixteen nautical miles to the northeast of this, the island known as Kubashima (Kuba Island). On nautical charts, it is called Tiau-Su. In any case, it must be the same island by a different name. Koga Tatsushiro was granted official permission to plan a development project here. Mr Otaki Entaro, supervisor of the project, brought more than 30 fishermen and farmers, sailing from Naha Port on May 24th this year.
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Situation of the Senkaku Islands (Ryukyu Shimpo)
| Document title | Situation of the Senkaku Islands (Ryukyu Shimpo) |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | July 17, 1898 |
| Date created (Japanese era) | July 17, Meiji 31 |
| Author(s) / Editor(s) | Otaki Entaro |
| Publisher | Ryukyu Shimpo |
| Name of publication | Ryukyu Shimpo |
| Content | "The Senkaku Islands, part of the Yaeyama Islands, comprise an uninhabited island conventionally called Uotsurishima (Uotsuri Island)… (omitted) Koga Tatsushiro was granted official permission to plan a development project here. Mr Otaki Entaro, supervisor of the project, brought more than 30 fishermen and farmers, sailing from Naha Port on May 24th this year. (omitted)" The Senkaku Islands came under the jurisdiction of Okinawa Prefecture in 1895, and in August of the following year (1896), the Prefecture issued a license to Koga Tatsushiro, a seafood merchant from Fukuoka Prefecture who had made a request to develop the islands, granting him a 30-year lease of the Senkaku Islands. From that time on, Koga started his development of the Senkaku Islands. |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Public access | Open |
| Repository | Okinawa Prefectural Library (Japanese Only) |
| Medium | Paper, microfilm reproduction |
| Copies | 1 |
| Reference No. | S1898071700102 |
| How to access | Follow the licensing procedure at the Local Archives Room, Okinawa Prefectural Library. |
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