Prompt Report

Report on Transfer of Fishery Lighthouse of Uotsurijima Island of Senkaku Islands to the Nation

Gentleman.

　Concerning the fishery lighthouse of Uotsurijima Island of Senkaku Islands which has been guarded for 27 years since its construction by us on Uotsurijima of Senkaku Islands in 53rd Year of Showa Era (1978), as we have received the offer from the Government that it is entered officially on the sea chart and the Nation will take over the maintenance and management from now, we have transferred the fishery lighthouse on Uotsurijima island today to the Nation.

Significance of construction, maintenance and inspection of fishery lighthouse on Uotsurijima Island of Senkaku Island which have been tackled by Nihon Seinen-sha

　Senkaku Islands are Japanese proper territories which have been incorporated to our territory according to the decision by Cabinet meeting of the Government in 28th Year of Meiji Era (1895). Since the announcement that promising oil resources were buried under the sea bottom of Eastern China Sea according to the investigation of sea bottom by United Nations Ocean Survey Group during 43th to 44th Year of Showa Era (1968~1969), Taiwan and China started to insist the possessing right, In April just before the conclusion of Japan and China Friendship Treaty on 12th August, 53rd Year of Showa Era (1978), an incident occurred that 140 Chinese armed fishing boats invaded to the sea area of Senkaku Islands and took threatening actions for a week. As the Government could not take any measures against such an outrage, we had a sense of Impending crisis, organized "a suicide corps for the possession of Senkaku Islands", landed at the Islands and constructed a lighthouse in order to insist the possessing right. Since the light of Japan was lit, we guarded the light of Japan for 27 years until today.

　When we look back, we remember that many of our follow seniors maintained and inspected the lighthouse and there were various incidents during the 27 years.

　Some of landed corps members died in the performance of duties without accomplishing their purposes. Also, in many cases we reached Ishigaki Island, but we gave up to land at senkaku Islands due to the disturbance by the authorities.

　In the first place, the lighthouse on Senkaku Islands was completed under the direction of the Maritime Safety Agency. However, for our applications for the permission of management of light house submitted several times, the Government put off the applications for permission until today with such reasons as "We wish to have some grace period as there are external problems", "We are now examining with the related government authorities and wish to postpone the conclusion".

　We once were very angry considering that this was just the evidence of weak-kneed diplomacy and self-protection of successive cabinets and foreign affairs bureaucracy. We can see the essential quality of Japanese Government which has neglected the nation and the national interest that are to be guarded essentially. The fact that the Government has made the management of Fishery Lighthouse on Uotsurijima Island of Senkaku Islands by the nation clear is a result of our activity which we have been taking attaching importance to the national interest and we have to objection. However, the most important thing in the modern society is the reform of statesman together with the reform of policy, reform of political administration and reform of Judicial administration as we see from the successive cabinets that have neglected the national interest until today. We believe this is the most urgent task. As Senkaku Islands problem, the proper territory of Japan has not penetrated into the people yet, we would much appreciate if you could more widely report how the territory is the important factor to form a nation for our sovereign nation.

　Last but not least, we beg all of you to understand and support the activity of Nihon Seinen-sha in future too.

9th February, 17th Year of Heisei Era (2005)

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