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 Offi 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 Historical Documents Related to the Governing Policy of Okinawa Prefecture Under Sutezo Nishimura Three.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 Historical Reference Documents Postscript
