Japan to display old Chinese records showing China didn't own the Senkaku Islands

[Starmix]

According to the report, the Japanese government will put on display records showing that China has historically recognized the Senkaku Islands in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture as islands outside its territory, Jiji Press learned on Thursday. China claims the Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea.

The report also states that part of the records will be displayed on exhibition panels from Nov. 14 at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo. In light of China's coercive actions, the government hopes to emphasize that the islands are part of Japan's territory.

The report also states that three sets of records to be put on display include an internal document prepared by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in 1950 for discussions on a peace treaty with Japan and an 1889 report by a Qing government official who stayed in Japan to assess the country's situation.

The remaining one consists of an official document and a record of a meeting between Japanese and Qing officials on the handover of Taiwan from Qing to Japan, both created in 1895.

The report added that the 1950 document referred to the islands by the Japanese name, Senkaku Islands, not by the Chinese name of Diaoyu Islands. It also said that the islands were part of the Ruckus, the present-day Okinawa Prefecture. The Chinese government has kept the document undisclosed.

In addition to the report, both the 1889 and 1895 documents indicate that the Qing government did not recognize the Senkaku Islands as part of its territory. After the discovery of possible oil reserves near the Senkaku Islands in 1971, China started claiming that the islands were part of China's territory from ancient times. Japan takes the position that there is no territorial issue over the Senkaku Islands.

Source: PNA/ Jiji Press




Exhibition panels on the Senkaku Islands at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo were pictured on Wednesday. (Jiji Press)

 

[eLdavis]

This is one of the importance of record keeping, it helps to sort out issues like this. But let's hope this does not lead to more dispute between the two countries.

 

[Starmix]

It is important to keep the proofs to serve as prima facie evidence when there is a claim from the other party, like what China declared that they owned the Senkaku Islands. What a shame on Xi.

 

[Fidelia]

The feud between China and Japan has always been one that is hinged on which of the two countries is more recognized in Russia.

 

[Starmix]

Let us wait for the final result. China is so aggressive in claiming many parts of the seas as their own territories like the West Philippines Sea.