On the matter of the rescue of Chinese castaways
On September 7th, 1919, Guo Heshun of Baiqi Xiang, Huian County, Quanzhou Prefecture in Fujian Province, China, and 30 other persons boarded the fishing boat Jinhe Hao and departed from Fujian Province. While they were engaged in fishing in the Zhejiang area, they encountered a storm on December 26th of that year. They cut down the masts for fear of capsizing. As a result, they lost all control over their navigation and drifted for five days at the mercy of the billowing waves. On the evening of the 30th, they finally washed ashore on the isolated island of Wayojima (Uotsuri Island) in the Senkaku Islands in Yaeyama County under our jurisdiction.
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Chi No. 154-6 / On the matter of the rescue of Chinese castaways
| Document title | Chi No. 154-6 / On the matter of the rescue of Chinese castaways |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | March 20, 1920 |
| Date created (Japanese era) | March 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 on the rescue of Chinese who drifted ashore on the Senkaku Islands. From the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture to the Minister of Home Affairs. Okinawa Prefecture stationery. This document was forwarded from the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (May 6, 1920). |
| 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 | 3 |
| Reference No. | S1920032000101 |
| Reference & information | Follow the instruction at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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