Collecting bird droppings from the Senkaku Islands (Nansei Shimpo)

Collecting bird droppings from the Senkaku Islands An application from Japan

Higashino Kotaro from Chiba Prefecture in mainland Japan wants to collect bird droppings from Nakanokami Island and the Senkaku Islands, and has asked the Yaeyama Civil Government Administration as to its intentions in this matter through Captain Howe of the Trade Agency, who was visiting the islands the other day. The Civil Government immediately held a meeting of department directors and, as a result of their discussion, decided that the request will be accepted if the operation could be carried out under the control of the Civil Government, since the Senkaku Islands and Nakanokami Island are under its control.
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Moreover, appropriate measures will be required because, of the Senkaku Islands, Minami Kojima Island, Kita Kojima Island, Uotsuri Island and Kuba Island are owned by the absentee landlord Koga Zenji. The Civil Government replied to this effect as to its intentions through Captain Howe.