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記者にこれを読ませたい。外務省の尖閣領有基本見解です。
英語サイトに拡散してください。
中国のデマが幅をきかせているようなので。
The Basic View on the Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands
From 1885 on, surveys of the Senkaku Islandss had been
thoroughly made by the Government of Japan through the agencies of
Okinawa Prefecture and by way of other methods.
Through these surveys, it was confirmed that the Senkaku Islands
had been uninhabited and showed no trace of having been under
the control of China. Based on this confirmation,
the Government of Japan made a Cabinet Decision on 14 January 1895
to erect a marker on the Islands to formally incorporate the Senkaku Islands into the territory of Japan.
Since then, the Senkaku Islands have continuously remained
as an integral part of the Nansei Shoto Islands
which are the territory of Japan.
These islands were neither part of Taiwan nor part of
the Pescadores Islands which were ceded to Japan
from the Qing Dynasty of China in accordance with Article II
of the Treaty of Shimonoseki which came into effect in May of 1895.
Accordingly, the Senkaku Islands are not included in the territory
which Japan renounced under Article II of
the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
The Senkaku Islands have been placed under the administration
of the United States of America as part of the Nansei Shoto Islands,
in accordance with Article III of the said treaty,
and are included in the area, the administrative rights over
which were reverted to Japan in accordance with the Agreement
Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning
the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands signed on 17 June 1971.
The facts outlined herein clearly indicate the status of
the Senkaku Islands being part of the territory of Japan.
The fact that China expressed no objection to the status of
the Islands being under the administration of the United States
under Article III of the San Francisco Peace Treaty
clearly indicates that China did not consider the Senkaku Islands
as part of Taiwan. It was not until the latter half of 1970,
when the question of the development of petroleum resources
on the continental shelf of the East China Sea came to the surface,
that the Government of China and Taiwan authorities began to raise
questions regarding the Senkaku Islands.
Furthermore, none of the points raised by the Government of China
as "historic, geographic or geological" evidence provide valid
grounds, in light of international law, to support China's arguments
regarding the Senkaku Islands.