《日本窃取钓鱼岛始末（史料与考证 英文版）》是村田忠禧教授继《日中领土争端的起源》之后，又一本对钓鱼岛问题的来龙去脉进行考证的著作。《日本窃取钓鱼岛始末（史料与考证 英文版）》集中考证了日本政府占有钓鱼岛的过程，以1885年至1895年为讨论对象，涉及琉球国变为冲绳县的过程及日本政府对冲绳的治理，西村拾三县令对内务省要求勘察钓鱼岛命令的抗拒，内务、外务两省放弃设置国标的原因，1895年甲午战争取胜前夕日本在钓鱼岛设置国标的详尽过程，等等。《日本窃取钓鱼岛始末（史料与考证 英文版）》尽可能全面地搜集了当时内务省、外务省等部门的公文档案，如作者所言，《日本窃取钓鱼岛始末（史料与考证 英文版）》有价值的部分，即这些史料。

Foreword
Chapter One From the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa Prefecture
The "Disposal of Ryukyu"
The Kyfikan'onzon Policy
Dividing the Ryukyus
Vacillating Policies of Okinawa Prefecture

Chapter Two Sutezo Nishimura and Okinawa Prefecture
The Fourth Prefectural Governor： Sutezo Nishimura
Nishimura's Guiding Policy for the Government ofOkinawa

Chapter Three The End of Territory Markers
Surveying the Uninhabited Islands in the Seas Near Okinawa
Incorporating the Daito Islands into Okinawa Prefecture
Shanghai "Shenbao" post Alert from Taiwan
Expressing Concerns over Erecting Territorial Markers
"Avoiding Unnecessary Conflicts"
Sophistry in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Govemor Nishimura's Memorandum of November 5
Missing Items from Ministry of Home Affairs' Other Official Records
"Do Not Erect Territorial Markers at Present"
Nishimura Commended by Meiji Government

Chapter Four "Repeated Surveys" That Never Happened
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