On December 15, 1894, an official document was drawn up with an annex including a cabinet proposal to construct markers on the Senkaku Islands. (Ref. 1)

On December 27, 1894, Home Minister Nomura Yasushi requested Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu's opinion on this matter. (Ref. 2)

On January 11, 1895, Mutsu responded by writing that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no particular objection. (Ref. 3)

Ref.1　：Home Ministry Hibetsu (Secret Document Annex) 133 (Intention to Construct Sovereignty Markers and Draft of Cabinet Proposal), in Teikoku hanto kankei zakken (Matters Related to Imperial Territory) 1-4-1-7, from the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Ref.2　：Home Ministry Hibetsu (Secret Document Annex) 133 (Request for Opinion of Foreign Minister), in Teikoku hanto kankei zakken (Matters Related to Imperial Territory) 1-4-1-7, from the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Ref.3　：Shinten (Confidential Document) 2 (Response to Home Minister), in Teikoku hanto kankei zakken (Matters Related to Imperial Territory) 1-4-1-7, from the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Reference Materials
"Senkaku Retto dai 2 shu" (The Senkaku Islands Second Feature), in Kikan Okinawa (Okinawa Quarterly) 63 (December 31, 1972), pp. 120-122.
Kikan Okinawa is the journal of Nanpo Doho Engokai (Assistance Association for Okinawa and Ogasawara Islands).

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