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Situation of the Senkaku Islands (Ryukyu Shimpo)

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.

Document title Situation of the Senkaku Islands (Ryukyu Shimpo)
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
Public access Open
Repository Okinawa Prefectural Library (Japanese Only)New Window
Medium Paper, microfilm reproduction
Copies 1
Reference No. S1898071700102
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