Robert D. Eldridge is a former Associate Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at the School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, and a visiting scholar at the Okinawa Institute for Law and Politics, Okinawa International University, both in Japan.

• Preface Introduction 1. A History of the Senkaku Islands 2. Okinawa and the Senkaku Islands under U.S. Occupation and Administration 3. The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) Survey and the Start of the East China Sea Islands Dispute 4. The Okinawa Reversion Negotiations and America’s "Neutrality Policy" 5. The Signing and Ratification of the Okinawa Reversion Treaty and Domestic and Regional Reactions Conclusion Appendix 1: Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands (June 17, 1971) Appendix 2: Agreed Minutes (June 17, 1971) Appendix 3: Guidance to U.S. Oil Companies (April 10, 1971) Appendix 4: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (June 11, 1971) Appendix 5: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China (December 30, 1971) Appendix 6: Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Views Concerning the Rights to Ownership over the Senkaku Islands (March 8, 1972) Appendix 7: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (May 9, 1972)

Robert D. Eldridge is a former Associate Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at the School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, and a visiting scholar at the Okinawa Institute for Law and Politics, Okinawa International University, both in Japan.

• Preface Introduction 1. A History of the Senkaku Islands 2. Okinawa and the Senkaku Islands under U.S. Occupation and Administration 3. The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) Survey and the Start of the East China Sea Islands Dispute 4. The Okinawa Reversion Negotiations and America’s "Neutrality Policy" 5. The Signing and Ratification of the Okinawa Reversion Treaty and Domestic and Regional Reactions Conclusion Appendix 1: Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands (June 17, 1971) Appendix 2: Agreed Minutes (June 17, 1971) Appendix 3: Guidance to U.S. Oil Companies (April 10, 1971) Appendix 4: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (June 11, 1971) Appendix 5: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China (December 30, 1971) Appendix 6: Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Views Concerning the Rights to Ownership over the Senkaku Islands (March 8, 1972) Appendix 7: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (May 9, 1972)

Robert D. Eldridge is a former Associate Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at the School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, and a visiting scholar at the Okinawa Institute for Law and Politics, Okinawa International University, both in Japan.

• Preface Introduction 1. A History of the Senkaku Islands 2. Okinawa and the Senkaku Islands under U.S. Occupation and Administration 3. The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) Survey and the Start of the East China Sea Islands Dispute 4. The Okinawa Reversion Negotiations and America’s "Neutrality Policy" 5. The Signing and Ratification of the Okinawa Reversion Treaty and Domestic and Regional Reactions Conclusion Appendix 1: Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands (June 17, 1971) Appendix 2: Agreed Minutes (June 17, 1971) Appendix 3: Guidance to U.S. Oil Companies (April 10, 1971) Appendix 4: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (June 11, 1971) Appendix 5: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China (December 30, 1971) Appendix 6: Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Views Concerning the Rights to Ownership over the Senkaku Islands (March 8, 1972) Appendix 7: Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (May 9, 1972)