"Welcome Japan to explain the Ryukyu issue to the world with a serious attitude." In response to Abe's statement, Li Guoqiang, one of the authors of the People's Daily article, said that he is a researcher at the China Frontier History and Geography Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences. 13, 10, he said that the purpose of touching Ryukyu in the article is to prove that Diaoyu Island does not belong to Ryukyu, and the other is to show that Ryukyu did not belong to Japan in history. This refutes the claim that Diaoyu Island is an inherent territory of Japan. The Japanese government overreacted because it certainly didn't want others to touch on its history of aggression and annexation of Ryukyu. Just like denying history on many issues, Abe even defended the word "aggression". Li Guoqiang said that the Ryukyu issue can be discussed again or not, but not talking about it does not mean denying history. If it is not discussed, Japan must change its aggressive stance on the Diaoyu Islands issue.

On May 13, the Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Nakai Masahiro, expressed dissatisfaction with the China media's article questioning Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa, calling it "extremely ignorant". According to the Japanese news network, Nakai Masahiro is considered as a descendant of China people, and he expressed his complete agreement with the opinion of Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide on this issue.

However, Okinawa Times reported in May 13 that although the Japanese government protested to China, the history of Japan's "forcible annexation of Okinawa" was a fact. The local reaction in Okinawa is also very complicated. An Lisichun, an archaeologist, gave himself a China name "Zhong Sun Road" and printed it on his business card. He said: "The gentry of Ryukyu all have the name of China in order to preserve the history and culture of Okinawa, which once lived in peace with China and Japan."