Japan will soon display a set of historical Chinese documents that indicate China did not regard the Senkaku Islands as part of its territory in the past, according to Jiji Press. The exhibition, which will open on November 14 at the National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty in Tokyo, will show the parts of the documents, the agency reported.

The three sets of documents, include a 1950 internal document from China’s Foreign Ministry prepared for peace treaty discussions with Japan, an 1889 report by a Qing dynasty official who visited Japan, and an 1895 record detailing the handover of Taiwan from the Qing government to Japan.

Notably, the 1950 document refers to the islands by their Japanese name ‘Senkaku,’ rather than the Chinese ‘Diaoyu ,’ and classifies them as part of the Ryuky

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