evidence: The Senkaku Islands became a Japanese territory on January 14, 1895 (28thYear of Meiji) by a decision of the country's cabinet that day. Before that, the islands had been terra nullius (no man's land). Through the cabinet decision, the islands came under the valid control of Japan, except for a period following Japan's defeat in the Pacific War when the islands were put under the military administration of the United States. [...] Of these four points, the third item contains an obvious factual error. While China claims that "In accordance with the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands were ceded to Japan," it is a historical fact that the Senkaku Islands became a Japanese territory through a cabinet decision on January 14, 1895. The Japanese act came prior to the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which took place on April 17 of the same year. In other words, the Treaty of Shimonoseki had nothing to do with the incorporation of the Senkaku Islands into Japan. This shows that what the Chinese claim to be historical facts are erroneous.