Washington, Oct. 5 (ANI): The Japanese Consulate General in New York has posted a statement rebutting a recent opinion article in the New York Times in support of Chinese sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands.
The consulate in the statement said the article had 'critical faults', which was signed by Deputy Chief of Mission Yasuhisa Kawamura and contributed to the newspaper, adding that these made it 'irrelevant'.
"The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands," published in the newspaper's electronic edition of September 19, included an introduction from noted New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.
According to the Japan Times, in his introduction, Kristof wrote that evidence from old Japanese government documents 'suggests that Japan in effect stole the islands from China in 1895 as booty of war'.
The main body of the article, written by a scholar from Taiwan, discusses a letter written by the then Japanese foreign minister and some other documents.
"I find the evidence for Chinese sovereignty quite compelling," Kristof wrote, noting that he is "sympathetic" to China's position on the islets, called Diaoyu in China.
According to the report, in its statement, the consulate argued that the letter 'is only part of the process at that time' and rejected Kristof's claim.
The consulate reiterated the government's view that 'the Senkaku Islands are an inherent part of the territory of Japan, in light of historical facts and based upon international law,' the report added. (ANI)
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