目录

Foreword

Chapter One From the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa Prefecture

The “Disposal of Ryukyu“

The Kyfikan'onzon Policy

Dividing the Ryukyus

Vacillating Policies of Okinawa Prefecture

Chapter Two Sutezo Nishimura and Okinawa Prefecture

The Fourth Prefectural Governor： Sutezo Nishimura

Nishimura's Guiding Policy for the Government ofOkinawa

Chapter Three The End of Territory Markers

Surveying the Uninhabited Islands in the Seas Near Okinawa

Incorporating the Daito Islands into Okinawa Prefecture

Shanghai “Shenbao“ post Alert from Taiwan

Expressing Concerns over Erecting Territorial Markers

“Avoiding Unnecessary Conflicts“

Sophistry in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Govemor Nishimura's Memorandum of November 5

Missing Items from Ministry of Home Affairs' Other Official Records

“Do Not Erect Territorial Markers at Present“

Nishimura Commended by Meiji Government

Chapter Four “Repeated Surveys“ That Never Happened

The Truth Revealed by “Miscellaneous Issues Regarding the Territory of the Japanese Empire“

Nishimura Transferred as Director of Civil Engineering Bureau

Draft Memorandum of November 5 Retained in Naha

From Governor Maruoka's Perspective．．．

Documents Regarding the Surveys Performed by the Kaimon

Governor Narahara Also Requests Change of Orders

The Kongo Did Not Perform an On-The-Ground Survey

Chapter Five Riding on Victory to Annex Islands

Japan's Overwhelming Victory in the First Sino-Japanese War

What Was Different from 18857

The Mystery of“Raleigh Rock“ Chiwei Islet Kumeaka Island Taisho Island

The Annexation of the Islands Was Not Announced at Home or Abroad

Chapter Six The Importance of Respecting Facts

The Explanation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Treaty Department on the Annexation of These Islands

Intentional Failure to Send Diplomatic Notice

Admitting Facts： The Importance of Honesty

Concrete Proposal for Peacefully Resolving the Territorial Conflict Between Japan and China

Appendix

One． Public Records Related to the 1885 Survey of the Uninhabited Islands in the Seas Near Okinawa Prefecture

Two． Historical Documents Related to the Governing Policy of Okinawa Prefecture Under Sutezo Nishimura

Three． Public Archive Documents Written Assuming the Veracity of the Document Written in Nishimura's Name on November 5， 1885

Four． Historical Reference Documents

Postscript

作者简介

村田忠禧，横滨国立大学名誉教授、神奈川县日中友好协会副会长。专业：中国现代史、中日关系。