China, Russia team up on territorial claims: Yomiuri (Japan Media)

[Guest]

Wait a minute, I thought that Japan were administrating the islands since 1895, according to Wikipedia. That doesn't mean much since they are devoid of humans, but doesn't that make it theirs since they've been taking of them for over a century, with the exception of 1945-72 occupation of Okinawa.

take a look at the "Cairo Declaration", "Potsdam Declaration" and the "Japanese Instrument of Surrender"

"Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine." As had been announced in the Cairo Declaration in 1943, Japan was to be reduced to her pre-1894 territory and stripped of her pre-war empire including Korea and Taiwan, as well as all her recent conquests.

We, acting by command of and on behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States, China, and Great Britain 26 July 1945 at Potsdam, and subsequently to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers.

 

[gpit]

I was wondering why his arguments fluctuates between the highly nonsensical and the somewhat sensical. Thanks guys.

Hi, Buddy, there is an ailment called "bipolar disorder"

...is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes.

Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Explanation found!